Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Conceptual and practical challenges

3. Gwooko dog paco, defending the homestead, cultural devastation and the LRM/A

4. Culture, identity and control in the LRM/A

5. The autobiographical voices of becoming CI soldiers (I)

6. The autobiographical voices of becoming CI soldiers (II)

7. Dwoogo paco, returning home

References

Footnotes

Promotional Information

"Child to Soldier is an incredibly fascinating, engaging book. Along with offering gripping testimonies of former CI combatants, Opiyo Oloya helps readers understand how Acholi and Ugandan culture shaped the dynamics of children who became a part of war and illuminates the challenges faced by the Acholi people seeking a way forward." -- George J. Sefa Dei, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

About the Author

Opiyo Oloya is the Superintendent of Education for School Leadership with the York Catholic District School Board. He writes a weekly column on social issues for the Ugandan newspaper New Vision, which is read throughout Africa, and has spent the last three summers working in Somalia with the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

Reviews

"Child to Soldier is an incredibly fascinating, engaging book. Along with offering gripping testimonies of former CI combatants, Opiyo Oloya helps readers understand how Acholi and Ugandan culture shaped the dynamics of children who became a part of war and illuminates the challenges faced by the Acholi people seeking a way forward."--George J. Sefa Dei, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto