Reintegration of Amnestied LRA Ex-Combatants and Survivors’ Resistance Acts in Acholiland, Northern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorAkello, Grace
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T12:31:04Z
dc.date.available2022-06-30T12:31:04Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the social dynamics among survivors and amnestied Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) ex-combatants living together in Acholiland, asking how and if Acholi survivors have forgiven Acholi LRA returnees, forgotten past violence and moved on, as stated in northern Uganda’s amnesty framework. The amnestied LRA ex-combatants interviewed stated that they wanted and needed to reintegrate among Acholi survivors. Yet, after two decades of amnesty, the magnitude of the brutality of the war remains etched in survivors’ minds. My ethnographic findings suggest feigned compliance as well as resistance to amnesty by-laws. Many practise what I call survivors’ acts of resistance, which includes name calling, attributing misfortune to the presence of ex-combatants, stigmatization and stealing. In short, survivors make returnees’ lives unbearable. My analysis is framed in reference to and critique of conventional transitional justice mechanisms and I underscore the importance of memory in the cessation of war violence and the restoration of peace.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAkello, G. (2019). Reintegration of amnested LRA ex-combatants and survivors' resistance acts in Acholiland, Northern Uganda. International Journal of Transitional Justice , doi: 10.1093/ijtj/ijz007en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1093/ijtj/ijz007
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4114
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Transitional Justiceen_US
dc.subjectAmnestyen_US
dc.subjectForgivenessen_US
dc.subjectSurvivorsen_US
dc.subjectLord’s Resistance Armyen_US
dc.subjectRememberingen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleReintegration of Amnestied LRA Ex-Combatants and Survivors’ Resistance Acts in Acholiland, Northern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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