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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

There is no way to adequately acknowledge the multiple ways in which different people at different times have contributed to this work over its long gestation, and not all of them can or would wish to be named. This includes many people in the ‘protected villages’ who welcomed me with the words ‘go and tell people out there what is happening to us here’.

I thank all my colleagues in ACORD, particularly Rosalba Oywa for her moral and practical support, Sunday Abwola for our work with the military, Andrew Olweny for guiding me around Kitgum district, Okello Vincent for looking after me when I was sick, and Christopher Ojera for enabling the whole process. The late Hon. Omwony Ojok, then Minister for Northern Uganda, deserves special mention for numerous conversations and for his commitment to getting key issues debated in public. For his medical intervention, I am forever grateful to the late Dr Matthew Lukwiya of Lacor Hospital.

For bringing their personal skills, analyses and suggestions to bear on the research I am indebted to: Latim William, David Okiya, David Okello, Anna Okwir, Stella Atim, Jude Ogik, Ongwech Otim Patrick, Kinyera Fred, Alice Jean Ochola, Oola Timothy, Oola Ben, Okwera Santo, Oringa Robert, Opio James, Obol Alex Okot, Oyera Martin Leko, the late Odoch Athii, and the late Odoko Amida Martin of Odek. Most particularly I am grateful to my colleague and friend, Komakech Charles Okot. For sharing his experiences in the LRA, I shall always remember and respect the late Yakobo Engena. To Father Carlos, who has the courage to speak out, my thanks also.

For back-stopping me in various phases of the development of this book, many thanks to Judy el Bushra, Niki Kandirikirira, Jeff Handmaker, Judith Large, Barbara Harrell-Bond, Effie Voutira, Faisa Loyaan, Ian Swartz, Shamani Shikwambi, Vanessa Farr and my brother Phil Dolan. All deserve special mention, as does Thi Minh Ngo for both moral and practical support. I owe special intellectual debts to David Keen and Tim Allen, both of whom stayed with this project for the long haul and encouraged me to publish, and to John Cameron and Tania Kaiser who engaged so rigorously and unstintingly with this work.