When the walking defeats you

one man's journey as Joseph Kony's bodyguard

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Ledio Cakaj: When the walking defeats you (2016)

402 pages

English language

Published April 4, 2016

ISBN:
978-1-78360-812-6
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OCLC Number:
944087046

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"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 …

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Subjects

  • Lord's Resistance Army
  • History

Places

  • Uganda