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When The Walking Defeats You: One Man's Journey as Joseph Kony's Bodyguard de Ledio Cakaj

When The Walking Defeats You: One Man's Journey as Joseph Kony's Bodyguard

Autor Ledio Cakaj Cuvânt înainte de Roméo Dallaire
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 noi 2016
Deep in the Congo's Garamba National Park in the dead of night, Joseph Kony - the notorious warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court - made a shocking admission. Loosened by home-made wine, exposing a vulnerability he could never show the world, Kony looked George Omona in the eye, 'You need to know that if I had a choice I would not be doing this . I wish I could be a man of books, like you.'

Three years earlier George was expelled from one of Uganda's best schools, just weeks before he was due to graduate with exemplary grades, destroying his dreams of becoming a teacher. In desperation, his uncle found him a role in Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). George's education and fluent command of English allowed him to rapidly rise through the ranks, eventually becoming one of Kony's bodyguards, before he finally made his escape.

George's story - based on many hours of interviews with acknowledged LRA expert Ledio Cakaj - provides a vivid, personal and fascinating insight into the inner workings of the LRA, and the mind of Kony, its self-appointed prophet.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781783608133
ISBN-10: 1783608137
Pagini: 300
Ilustrații: Halftones, black and white 10 ; Maps 3
Dimensiuni: 140 x 222 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Foreword by Roméo Dallaire
Introduction

Part I: Holding the Lion's Tail
1. The Blessed Land of Peace and Rest: Part One
2. The Savior of Acholiland
3. Killing Rambo
4. Kony's Jungle Home
5. Yankee
6. A General Who Kills
7. A Prisoner of the Spirits
8. War Is Coming
9. Kicking the Hornets' Nest
10. A Real Rebel

Part II: Waiting for the Whistle
11. The Blessed Land of Peace and Rest: Part Two
12. The Devil's Children
13. Disco
14. When the Walking Defeats You
15. No Joy in the World
16. Dwog Paco

Epilogue: Far From Home

Author Note

Recenzii

A unique and compelling account that effectively intertwines the biographical account of George Omona (fictional name)...with the wider narrative of an ongoing conflict.
Cakaj renders George Omona's story of joining the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda with ... an appealing, clear-eyed simplicity.
One of 2016's best books.
Particularly haunting...the book as a whole raises profound questions.
A superb narrative of one man's nightmarish descent into a world of depravity.
Exceptional...an account of how to stay alive, and even find a measure of belonging, at the heart of a paranoid self-propelled death cult.
Brilliantly weaves the dramatic and often horrifying experience of one man into a gripping story of two decades of the LRA war. A product of vast knowledge of the conflict, When The Walking Defeats You is sure to become a classic in the literature on conflict in Africa.
A deep and intimate portrait of the daily life of a child soldier. The book deserves to take its place next to books like Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone and Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation in the sad catalogue of stories about children at war.
Cakaj skilfully takes the reader inside the harrowing world of the LRA. Interspersed with stunning photography, and reflections of persons who survived LRA attacks, a multi-layered story comes to life, further unfolding the complexities of such a devastating war.
As I read this book, I read my own experiences and what I went through. It is a story that all people should know about: how men, women and children suffer and survive conflict.
Of all the books written about the LRA, this is the one that the politicians and diplomats should be reading. Cakaj puts us in the boots of the kids, pawns that nobody on the world stage can be bothered to save, left walking to this day.
Gripping and gleaming with insight. Ledio Cakaj leads the reader into the very heart of one of Africa's least-understood but most enduring rebel movements.
When The Walking Defeats You is that rare achievement: an account of a rebel movement as seen from the inside. Cakaj's meticulously-researched account takes the reader into the heart of one of Africa's most feared organisations, capturing the mundane brutality of life in the LRA.
A gripping portrayal of a rebel fighter's harrowing journey in central Africa. Without pulling punches, Ledio Cakaj provides a human face to the notorious but often caricatured Lord's Resistance Army. An insightful tour-de-force by an author whose deep knowledge about this group shines through on almost every page.
A heartbreaking story, unmasking the everyday complexities of a most gruesome and sorrowful war. Absolutely remarkable!
A remarkable first-hand account of life in the LRA, providing a compelling and convincing perspective on what it was like to be a combatant.