By Peter Cozza, MCCJ Read more
ISBN 9966-08-266-2; 96 pages: 1st reprint 2011
Based on a true story of a nine year old boy who was kidnapped and forced to become a " rebel" in the Lord's resistance Army (LRA)
For more than 20 years, northern Uganda has been terrorized by “The Lord’s Resistance Army” (LRA) fighting the Government of Uganda (GOU). Joseph Coni, the leader of the LRA, created his army through the violent abduction and forced enlistment of children. More than 30,000 children have been kidnapped and forced to be labourers, frontline soldiers and, in the case of girls, sexual slaves. Kunda, a nine-year-old adducted boy, is the voice of these child soldiers and of millions of other child soldiers in Africa whose stories will never be known. Though names of people and places are fictional, the fact and the brutality of war are real and painful. Fortunately, for Kunda the story has a good ending. A challenging and provocative story for everyone.
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