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2 | Additional links at | http://concernedafricascholars.org/uganda-lra-central-africa/ | |||||
3 | Author | Author's Background | Title | URL | Date | Format | Brief Description |
4 | Note: All five articles below include a strong critique of the negative consequences of Invisible Children's advocacy of a military solution. | ||||||
5 | Teju Cole | Nigerian novelist | The White Savior Industrial Complex (added reflections) | http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/the-white-savior-industrial-complex/254843/ | 3/21/2012 | Article | Teju Cole reflects on responses to KONY2012 and to his widely disseminated critical tweets. "If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement." |
6 | Adam Branch | Scholar and expert on the LRA | Kony Part II: Accountability, not awareness | 4/7/2012 | Article | Branch analyzes Kony Part II. Stresses that "awareness" without accountability for results of action does more harm than good. | |
7 | Milton Allimadi and Yaa-lengi M. Ngemi | Journalist from Uganda and author from Congo (Kinshasa) | Looking beyond Kony 2012 We can do more to help Uganda and its neighbors | http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/kony-2012-article-1.1057526 | 4/7/2012 | Article | Calls for attention to abuses by government armies opposing LRA, and for resumption of negotations. |
8 | Ronald R. Atkinson, Phil Lancaster, Ledio Cakaj & Guilaume Lacaille | Authors of Diagnostic Study of the Lord's Resistance Army | Do no harm: assessing a military approach to the Lord's Resistance Army | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17531055.2012.669591 | 4/5/2012 | Journal article (abstract available; article requires payment or institutional subscription) | "Given that unsuccessful military operations against the rebels have typically resulted in lRA retaliations against civilians, the paper urges caution in pursuing such options and awareness of likely civilian consequences. First, do no harm." |
9 | Nicolas Tillon and Ernest Sugule Kangoyangala | Conciliation Resources and Regional Civil Society Task Force | Beyond KONY12 | http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2012/04/guest-blog-beyond-kony2012_14.html | 4/14/2012 | Article | Action priorities by civil society groups |
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3 | Author | Author's Background | Title | URL | Date | Format | Brief Description |
4 | Selected links only. For additional links see | http://www.boingboing.net/2012/03/08/african-voices-respond-to-hype.html | |||||
5 | Note: inclusion or high recommendation does not necessarily mean full agreement, but that these are worth reading or viewing. | ||||||
6 | Highly Recommended | ||||||
7 | Kennedy Tumutegyereize | Staff, Conciliation Resources | What will it take to end the LRA Conflict? | http://www.c-r.org/sites/www.c-r.org/files/LRA_Kony201203_kennedytumutegyereize.pdf | 3/15/2012 | Article | Very clear article from experienced organization closely involved with peacemaking in the region. |
8 | Rosebell Kagumire | Ugandan journalist | My Response to KONY2012 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVY5jBnD-E&feature=youtu.be | 3/7/2012 | Video | 6 minutes. "Eloquent, coherent, & well-informed |
9 | Angella Bulamu | Ugandan teacher in Northern Uganda | Why give celebrity status to a killer in Kony 2012? | http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/content/view/print/482097 | 3/16/2012 | Op-ed | Commentary in Christian Science Monitor by teacher in Northern Uganda |
10 | Al Jazeera | TV network | Kony screening provokes anger in Uganda | http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/201231432421227462.html | 3/14/2012 | Video | Ugandans, who suffered at hands of Lord's Resistance Army, react in anger at Kony video causing internet waves. |
11 | Okello Sam | Northern Ugandan civil society leader | The Thing that Happened | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFRPYyOH9Tc | 3/8/2012 | Video | 20 minutes; Hope North response to KONY2012 |
12 | Mahmoud Mamdani | Leading Africanist scholar | Mamdani on Kony 2012 Video | http://www.misr.mak.ac.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188:mamdani-on-kony-2012-video&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 | 3/12/2012 | Very important statement by leading Africanist Mahmood Mamdani | |
13 | Bishop Macleod Ochola | Northern Ugandan religious leader | An interview with Bishop Ochola from the ARLPI in Uganda | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4bp_b4JQI | date of interview unknown; posted 2/2012 | Video | 18 minutes; in last few minutes talks about personal experience; effective to begin listening at 11:30 mark. |
14 | Also of interest (in inverse order by date) | ||||||
15 | Victor Ochen | Ugandan war survivor & civil society activist | A War Victim’s Opinion on Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 | http://www.africanyouthinitiative.org/war-victims-opinion-on-invisible-childrens-kony-2012/ | 3/10/2012 | Four points from leader of African Youth Initiative Network - Uganda | |
16 | Anywar Ricky Richard | Northern Ugandan civil society leader | A View from Northern Uganda | http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/03/09/kony-2012-a-view-from-northern-uganda/ | 3/9/2012 | Comment by former child soldier, now heads rehabilitation NGO | |
17 | TMS Ruge | Ugandan diaspora | A Peace of my mind: Respect my agency 2012! | http://projectdiaspora.org/2012/03/08/respect-my-agency-2012/ | 3/8/2012 | Leading Ugandan blogger comments. | |
18 | Julian Borger, John Vidal, and Rosebell Kagumire | Journalists | Child abductee featured in Kony 2012 defends film's maker against criticism | http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/08/jacob-acaye-child-kony-2012?intcmp=122 | 3/8/2012 | Interviews child soldier who appears in KONY2012 as well as other Ugandan commentators | |
19 | Angelo Izama | Ugandan journalist | #StopKony2012 | http://africanarguments.org/2012/03/08/stopkony2012-for-most-ugandans-konys-crimes-are-from-a-bygone-era-by-angelo-izama/ | 3/8/2012 | Summary critique of what the author calls "another bad solution to a more difficult problem." | |
20 | Catholic News Service | News agency | Ugandan bishops tell US leaders military option won't work against rebels | http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1003722.htm | 9/15/2010 | Interview with Catholic & Anglican bishops are leaders of the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative | |
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22 | Journeyman Pictures | Interview footage | Meeting Joseph Kony | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiF9hSgyoU | June 2006 | Video | Interview with Kony himself. His denials are not plausible, but footage is interesting |
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5 | Note: inclusion or high recommendation does not necessarily mean full agreement, but that these are worth reading or viewing. | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Overviews | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Alex de Waal | Leading scholar no Sudan and conflict in the region | Kony - What's to Be Done? | http://allafrica.com/stories/201203151055.html | 3/15/2012 | Bog post | Answers the question what is the alternative to KONY2012 approach | ||||||||||||||
8 | Sara Weschler | Works with NGO in Northern Uganda | A Letter From Uganda on #Kony2012 | http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_letter_from_uganda_on_kony2012_20120315/ | 3/14/2012 | Article | Explaining to a novice audience the context of Kony and the LRA in Ugandan history. | ||||||||||||||
9 | Ethan Zuckerman | Digital media; Global Voices | Unpacking Kony | http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2012/03/08/unpacking-kony-2012/ | 3/8/2012 | Blog post | Good summary both of video & the critique | ||||||||||||||
10 | Jamilah King | News editor, Colorlines | Kony 2012’s Success Shows There’s Big Money Attached to White Saviors | http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/03/kony_2012_white_saviors.html | 3/14/2012 | Blog post | Nuanced commentary on impact of video, positive & negative. | ||||||||||||||
11 | Teju Cole | Nigerian novelist | Teju Cole's critique - in 7 Tweets - of Invisible Children | http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2012/03/08/teju-cole-on-american-sentimentality-towards-africa/ | 3/8/2012 | Tweets | Critique by Nigerian novelist of the film as manifestion of "White Savior Industrial Complex." Activists who are genuinely concerned must take this seriously. | ||||||||||||||
12 | Alexis Arieff and Lauren Ploch | Congressional Research Service | The Lord's Resistance Army: The U.S. Response | fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/178226.pdf | 11/21/2011 | Report | Very detailed and analytical report on U.S. government response | ||||||||||||||
13 | Milton Alliamadi | Editor, Black Star News | KONY2012 Vs. Evangelist JASON RUSSELL2012 | http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/135/ARTICLE/8013/2012-03-10.html | 3/10/2012 | Editorial | Applauds attention to Uganda, but warns about failure to indict Ugandan government & Jason Russell's hidden agendas. | ||||||||||||||
14 | Michael Wilkerson | Freelance journalist writing in Foreign Policy blog | Joseph Kony is not in Uganda (and other complicating things) | http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/03/07/guest_post_joseph_kony_is_not_in_uganda_and_other_complicated_things | 3/7/2012 | Blog post | Another good summary of video and critique | ||||||||||||||
15 | Simon Allison | South African free-lance journalist | Déjà Vu - Kony 2012's Debt to Live Aid and George Clooney | http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-03-12-dj-vu-kony-2012s-debt-to-live-aid-and-george-clooney | 3/12/2012 | Article | Puts KONY 2012 in context of previous campaigns - Live Aid & Darfur | ||||||||||||||
16 | Elliot Ross | journalist | The Invisible Christians of #Kony2012 | http://africasacountry.com/2012/03/13/the-invisible-christians-of-kony2012/ | 3/13/2012 | Blog post | Sums up investigative reporting on the background and hidden agenda of KONY2012 filmmaker. | ||||||||||||||
17 | Grant Oyston | Canadian student | Visible Children: KONY 2012, viewed critically | http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/ | ongoing | website | compilation of critiques of KONY 2012 video | ||||||||||||||
18 | Dinaw Mengestu | Ethiopian-American journalist and novelist | Not A Click Away: Joseph Kony in the Real World | http://www.warscapes.com/reportage/not-click-away-joseph-kony-real-world | 3/12/2012 | The idea behind a name such as “Invisible Children” is on par with the sentiments of the first colonists who claimed to have discovered the New World and Africa: We didn’t know about it, therefore it didn’t exist. |
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7 | Mareike Schomerus, Tim Allen, and Koen Vlassenroot | Scholars who have studied the IRA | Obama Takes on the LRA | http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136673/mareike-schomerus-tim-allen-and-koen-vlassenroot/obama-takes-on-the-lra | 11/15/2001 | Article | Overview and questions by leading experts on the LRA | ||||||||||||||
8 | IRIN | UN news service | Fighting Kony with beer, spy planes and YouTube | http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95083/SECURITY-Fighting-Kony-with-beer-spy-planes-and-YouTube | 3/15/2012 | Article | On-the-ground report from DRC, includes questions about Invisible Children bias | ||||||||||||||
9 | Resolve | U.S. NGO | Peace Can Be: President Obama's Chance to End LRA Atrocities in 2012 | http://www.theresolve.org/peace-can-be--3 | 2/21/2012 | Policy paper | This paper is far more nuanced than the Invisible Children approach, and contains some positive suggestions. However, in my view it still fails to take seriously enough Northern Ugandan voices demanding a greater emphasis on non-military approaches and the likely counterproductive results of the Ugandan "surge" it recommends. | ||||||||||||||
10 | Philip Lancaster, Guillaume Lacaille, Ledio Cakaj | Researchers on LRA | Diagnostic Study of the LRA | www.tdrp.net/PDFs/LRA_DiagnosticStudy_1.pdf | June 2011 | 60-page report | Study for International Working Group on the LRA provides substantive discussion on situation, including different views and highlighting missing analysis that is needed. | ||||||||||||||
11 | Ledio Cakaj | Researcher on LRA | U.S. Should Not Repeat Ugandan Failures against LRA | http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2011/10/guest-blog-us-should-not-repeat-ugandan.html | 10/22/2011 | Blog post | U.S. has adopted Ugandan misguided focus on purely military solution. | ||||||||||||||
12 | Philip Lancaster | Researcher on LRA | The LRA and us | http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2011/08/guest-blog-lords-resistance-army-and-us.html | 10/22/2011 | Blog post | Shorter comment by one of authors of Diagnostic Study (below) | ||||||||||||||
13 | Richard Vokes | Anthropologist focused on Uganda | KONY2012 and a military solution to the LRA Crisis | http://theafricanist.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/kony-2012-and-military-solution-to-lra.html | 3/9/2012 | Blog post | Analysis of complications in proposed military solutions | ||||||||||||||
14 | IRIN | UN humanitarian news & analysis | Questions over progress against the LRA | http://allafrica.com/stories/201202241437.html | 2/24/2012 | News summary | Includes different opinions on current military status and strategy |
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6 | Regional Perspectives | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | A high proportion of the commentary on the Lord's Resistance Army has focused on the Ugandan context. Yet the impact of the LRA today is primarily in other countries, in remote regions with much less access to international communications than Uganda. Some commentaries, particularly those analyzing the military realities, include this wider context. But few focus primarily on the situation in the relevant areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, or South Sudan. Here are a few that I have been able to locate. | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Regional Civil Society Task Force | Network in the affected areas | The Voice of Peace | http://www.c-r.org/sites/www.c-r.org/files/VoiceofPeace_201202.pdf | March 2012 | 8-page newsletter | Indispensable resource | ||||||||||||||
9 | Civil society organizations in affected areas | Workshop convened by HRW and the Catholic Diocese of Dungu | Declaration from the Dungu Workshop | http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/11/declaration-dungu-workshop | 11/11/2012 | Stresses that deployment of military forces should stress professional conduct and protection of civilians. | |||||||||||||||
10 | Jason Stearns | Expert on the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Thoughts on the Kony2012 Saga | http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2012/03/thoughts-on-kony2012-saga.html | 3/16/2012 | Blog post | Short note, exposes simplistic assumptions not only of KONY2012 but of some of the critics. | ||||||||||||||
11 | Ida Sawyer | Researcher, Human Rights Watch | From Campaigning to Action on Joseph Kony and the LRA | http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2012/03/guest-post-from-campaigning-to-action.html | 3/14/2012 | Blog post | Stresses that effective action is still needed to "stop Kony." The question is what will work. |