The Night Wanderers: Uganda's Children and the Lord's Resistance Army

One of the darkest episodes in modern African history: the guerrilla army of the 'prophet' Joseph Kony, made up of children abducted in northern Uganda and turned into killing machines, some only five years old. The author explains the country's political history since decolonisation, builds his main characters from many real people, and centres the story on a rehabilitation centre where stigmatised children try to return to normal life. The morally ambiguous position of a reporter who comes not to help but to describe runs through the book.

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About the book

Form

Nonfiction

Length

329 pages in the original

Genres

War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Uganda

First published

2009 by Wydawnictwo W.A.B.

Author's age

49 when first published

ISBN

9788374146029 (original)

9781908699084 (Old Street Publishing, United Kingdom)

9781609803506 (Seven Stories Press, United States)