When the Walking Defeats You: One Man's Journey as Joseph Kony's Bodyguard - Couverture souple

Cakaj, Ledio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783608129 ISBN 13 : 9781783608126

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2016

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

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. --Jane Bussmann, author of The Worst Date Ever, or how it took a Comedy Writer to Expose Africa s Secret War

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. --Adam Branch, author of Displacing Human Rights: War and Intervention in Northern Uganda

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 organizations, capturing the mundane brutality of life in the LRA. --Michela Wrong, author of Borderlines and It's Our Turn to Eat

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Deep in the Congos 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 Ugandas 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 Konys Lords Resistance Army (LRA). Georges education and fluent command of English allowed him to rapidly rise through the ranks, eventually becoming one of Konys bodyguards, before he finally made his escape. Georges 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1783608129
• ISBN 13: 9781783608126
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432