Reconstructs the journey of two girls who were abducted by, and escaped from The Lords Resistance Army; and one of the abductors, a fourteen year old boy. BNS, 168pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

Explores the sources of the ongoing controversy concerning the issue of the restoration of Ankole kingship, which resurfaced in the wake of the restoration of monarchies in Uganda in 1993. Map, b/w ill, notes, index, xii, 141pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

Institute for Security Studies monograph number 99. Notes, 87pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

A victim of state-sponsored violence in the 1970s and 80s tells of his mission to revive Ankole's cultural heritage through the restoration of the Obugabe. B/w ill, 84pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN.

The Lord''s Resistance Army has abducted children, boys and girls, to serve as soldiers and to provide sexual services. Torn from their families in the dead of night and forced to carry out terrible acts, including murdering family members and other children, they bear terrifying scars on their bodies, minds, and souls. This collection, accompanied by Gerald Straub's photographs, lets their stories be heard, often in their own voices, telling of their hurts and of their hopes for the future. 145pp, USA. ORBIS BOOKS.

Argues that Uganda’s decentralization policy is one of the most ambitious and radical in sub-Saharan Africa. A long tradition of local government already existed in Uganda in 1986 when the National Resistance Movement came to power, so when the Presidential Policy Statement on decentralization was issued in 1992, it only formalized and articulated the Ugandan government's commitment to the decentralized system of governance. This commitment was subsequently strengthened and maintained through the provisions of the 1995 Uganda Constitution. Decentralisation led to the devolution of broad powers of administration and implementation to the districts, leaving the centre with responsibility for matters of defence, and law and order. This book examines the decentralization project after it has been in place for a number of years and deals with relevant crucial issues. 368pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

Analyses the institutionalisation of democratic practice in the Uganda with reference to the 2006 elections, focussing on those elections as a test of the strength and legitimacy of Uganda's political institutions. It examines closely the broader electoral process involving the setting of rules for political contests; the registration of voters and parties; the nomination of candidates; campaigning and voting; the ballot counting and tallying; and, the handling of election complaints. The book also examines four key institutions that should, ideally, secure democratic governance: the parliament, the Electoral Commission (EC), the judiciary, and political parties. 302pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

A four part survey: firstly a theoretical overview of the issues of ethnicity and democratisation. Then, secondly a study of the nature of ethnicity under colonialism. Part three looks at the post-colonial practices and the enhancement of ethnicity and the fourth part discusses the possibility of deconstruction of ethnicity through democratisation and the 'no-party movement'-system. Bibliography, 42pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE, 9171064931

For the past 20 years, the Lord's Resistance Army has ravaged northern Uganda and has been led by the reclusive Joseph Kony, a former witch doctor and self-professed spirit medium. Through the large-scale abduction and manipulation of children, Kony transformed his army into an efficient killing machine that has murdered nearly 100,000 and displaced two million people. Kony utilised the society's pervasive belief in witchcraft to instil cult-like convictions in his fighters. This insightful analysis delves into the war's foundations and argues that, much like Rwanda's genocide, international intervention is needed to stop this virulent cycle of violence. Index, col photos, 300pp, USA. LAWRENCE HILL.

A collaboration of trust and discovery from the vantage point of the children living in the war-torn region of northern Uganda who are resilient enough to show their courage, strength of will, and hope amidst a brutal conflict. The Acholi and Luo peoples have been caught in the middle of a complex and barbaric civil war for twenty-two years, in which countless numbers have been brutalized, and abducted minors comprised almost 90% of the rebel soldiers. It is estimated that as many as 66,000 children have been abducted by the Lords Resistance Army, wrenched from their families and forced to become soldiers and sex slaves. 55 col photos, 120pp, NETHERLANDS. SCHILT PUBLISHING.

Aims to provide an understanding of the rights of Muslims as practised in Uganda. On the one hand, it addresses some of perceptions, misconceptions and controversies around the cultural practices of Islam. On the other hand, it exposes the complexity of radical Islam, and the blurring between religion and the state. It also considers Ugandan Muslims own perceptions of their culture and rights. Overall, the study aims to contribute to a more harmonious coexistence between Muslims and Christians in a modern, democratic and secular African state. 164pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN.

An original interpretation of Bugandan history looking at the association between love and power. The Baganda used reciprocal obligation, pledged in land but understood as an expression of affection, to create connections, to incorporate strangers and to vanquish competitors. The author examines what love in governance meant to the Baganda and how a rhetoric of loving concern came to rationalise the extreme violence of the 19th century Ganda rulers. Index, bib, gloss, notes, maps, b/w illus, xxi, 264pp, USA. HEINEMANN USA INC, 0325070369

Describes a brutal pattern of war as it unfolds from historical material as well as from informants' contemporary stories, collected during three phases of fieldwork from 1997 to 2002. The themes discussed include Uganda's imperial heritage, the discrepancy between the rebels' violent tactics and their manifestos, the army's counterinsurgency tactics and internal mass displacement. Index, bib, notes, maps, 286pp, USA. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

The central concern of this study is the politics of inclusion of women in Uganda’s local government. The legally prescribed numerical representation of women in local government decision-making structures has led to changes, increasing significantly women’s public presence in community politics. Together with the decentralisation process, this has created a new political landscape which calls for a gendered understanding of local-level politics and the inclusive potential for local democracy in Uganda, although, contrary to public perception, decentralisation does not necessary enable more participation by the unprivileged, including women. 240pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

The role of the media and media reportage is crucial to any conflict situation. In Uganda, the Department of Mass Communication at Makerere University has endeavoured to support constructive reporting of the various conflicts that have beset the country and the region in the past decades. As part of this effort, it has organised lectures and commissioned research by media professionals and academic observers, whose work is brought together in this collection of essays. 166pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

The story of Museveni's successful insurrection, the overthrow of Milton Obote and Tito Okello, and the period of growth and stability which Uganda now enjoys. The author was involved in the movement from its outset. 263pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

Examines the politics of Museveni's Uganda to illustrate the achievements, contradictions, and limitations of participatory politics in the absence of partisan organizations. At a time when multiparty reforms were sweeping the globe, Uganda opted for a controversial, no-party democratic model. This book argue that the country's politics over the past two decades thus provide an extraordinary opportunity for addressing the many questions - theoretical, empirical, and comparative - that the notion of a no-party system of elected government raises. 258pp, USA. LYNNE RIENNER.

Explores how Banyarwanda refugees achieved reasonable levels of integration in Ugandan society because of similar demographics, social, economic, and cultural characteristics with the Ugandan population in the areas in which they settled. Argues that, had the Ugandan state not broken down in the 1970s and 1980s, these refugees might have acquired Ugandan citizenship by naturalization. 164pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

Up-to-date description and analysis of the current peacekeeping initiatives in Northern Uganda. Looks at the background to the conflict and hopes for reconciliation in Acholiland. Maps, b/w photos, 99pp, UK. CONCILIATION RESOURCES,

Study of the struggle for the restoration of legitimate power in Uganda following the 1986 National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) liberation battle led by President Yoweri Museveni. This book emphasizes the normative basis for the exercise of power in Uganda reconstruction efforts, tracing a philosophical thread through previous studies of democratization, human rights, and the role of women. Addresses the empirical consequences of legitimacy on power relations and how this affects democratization and economic progress. 300pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

Medical ethnomusicological study of how music, dance, drama, and the visual arts have been enlisted in the fight against AIDS in East Africa - from education to prevention and treatment. Demonstrates how musical traditions have the power to both spread needed information and influence social behaviour and presents a cultural analysis of hope and healing. Through case studies, song texts, interviews and personal testimonies, the author shows how music can be both a mode of promoting health and a force for personal healing. 272pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

As Director of the Refugee Law Project at the University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda, Dolan offers a behind-the-scenes, cross-disciplinary study of one of Africa’s longest-running and most intractable conflicts. This book shows how, alongside the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army, government decisions and actions on the ground, consolidated by humanitarian interventions and silences, played a central role in creating a massive yet little recognized humanitarian crisis. Not only individuals, but society as a whole, came to exhibit symptoms typical of torture, and the perpetrator-victim dichotomy became blurred. It is such phenomena, and the complex of social, political, economic and cultural dynamics which underpin them, which the author describes as social torture. Index, bib, 338pp, UK. BERGHAHN BOOKS.

Intimate photographs follows the inspiring journey of twenty orphans who overcame tremendous hardships to form a dance troupe and become cultural ambassadors for their troubled country. With a preface by Dame Elizabeth Taylor. 151pp, USA. BEAUFORT PRESS.

Explains and analyses Uganda's troubled political history, from pre-colonial times to the present day. Describes the reality of modern Uganda, where pioneering and imaginative responses to poverty and political pluralism are contrasted with the devastating effects of continuing internal conflicts. B/w illus, index, iv, 88pp, UK. OXFAM.

An account of the growth of The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments, asking why the cult rooted itself so firmly in Uganda and why it passed unnoticed by the authorities. The author looks at the fire that killed over 500 sect members and investigates the movements' growing popularity. Bib, app, b/w illus, map, 138pp, UK. JANUS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1857565215

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An informative overview of Uganda's political drama of the last two decades. The essays are organised by themes such as Political Perspectives, Problems of Identity and National Integration, The Way Ahead and Economic Perspectives and Agricultural Challenges. Index, bib, notes, 376pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Based on interviews with both male and female parliamentarians, women in non-governmental organisations and rural residents in Uganda, the author explores how women's participation in politics has unfolded and what impact it has had on gender equity. Also looks at the consequences and implications of women's parliamentary participation as the result of affirmative action by the President, rather than from a grassroots based movement. Although this study focuses on Uganda it has relevance for other countries grappling with the twin challenges of democracy and development. App, refs, index, xv, 248pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN.

New in paperback. Tenacious investigation of the life and many crimes of the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army. Maps, b/w photos, 352pp, UK. PORTOBELLO BOOKS.