Child to Soldier: Stories from Joseph Konys Lords Resistance Army
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On that day, Norman was 12, which was around the age at which the LRA liked to recruit its fighters. Local leaders would be warned off reporting their location to the Ugandan army by having their lips speared and padlocked; individuals caught riding bicycles — an act forbidden by Kony — would have their legs and buttocks cut off; people would be forced to torture one another.
Norman spent two years fighting with the LRA. He saw these things. His abduction took place as he was sneaking back from the family rice field with his father. Five soldiers surrounded them, wearing stolen Ugandan army uniforms, their telltale dreadlocks betraying their true identity. Children march to hand in their guns. Kony filmmaker arrested.
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Somehow, though, Norman convinced them of his lie. His father was led away. They took Norman to a commander named Ojara. Norman expected Ojara to produce a pen. Instead, four teenagers beat him with large sticks. By the end, you could not recognise me. Bloody, deformed and still in his school shorts, Norman was led away. The abandonment of hope Norman describes is the first stage of its psychological spell.
Three days later, it took its next descending step. Then, Norman was allowed in. They mixed shea oil and water and put the sign of the cross on his head, lips, hand and heart. Around two months into his abduction, Norman was forced to kill. As they gathered around, a commander instructed the newcomers to step forward and select a weapon. When Norman reached him, he was only half alive. He lifted his bayonet and pushed it into his chest.
With a gurgle, the boy died. The psychological damage was severe. Many — like Norman — took years to recover sufficiently well that they could lead a normal life. His experience, although appalling, is relatively ordinary.
Child to Soldier: Stories from Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army
You say, I will die like this. Daily life in the LRA was a roundelay of hunger, marching, bullying and beatings, interrupted by violent raids. During one early incursion, Norman watched a local leader die by being cut into pieces. Sickness was a constant worry, and Norman developed a belief that linked hope to the dereliction of physical health; if he thought about his family, he felt ill. If you have it, you will die.
Beatings were frequent, ostensibly to toughen recruits up. Kony and his followers believed he was possessed by powerful ghosts, with names such as Lakwena, Ching Po and Piece of Evil. Norman saw Kony many times, speaking beneath a fig tree on holy days to his gathered hundreds.
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