Research Catalog

Title

When the walking defeats you : one man's journey as Joseph Kony's bodyguard / Ledio Cakaj ; foreword by Roméo Dallaire.

Author

Cakaj, Ledio

Publication

London : Zed Books Ltd, 2016.

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Additional Authors

Dallaire, Roméo

Description

xxiv, 402 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Summary

"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"--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Kony, Joseph
• Lord's Resistance Army
• Lord's Resistance Army > Biography
• Since 1979
• Uganda > History > 1979-
• Uganda > History > 1979- > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary; Selected Key Dates; Maps; Foreword by Roḿeo Dallaire; Introduction; Part One: 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 Two: 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 World16. Dwog Paco; Epilogue: Far from Home; Author Note; Selected Bibliography; Index.

ISBN

• 9781783608126
• 1783608129
• 9781783608133
• 1783608137
• 9781783608164 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781783608157 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781783608140 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 944087046
• SCSB-12105084

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library