Resources on Uganda, the LRA, and Central Africa
ACAS resources
ACAS is producing materials to contribute to the public debate about
the Kony 2012 campaign and the military solution it proposes. These
documents, and the list of other resources below, are designed for use
with high school and college students who are the main audience of the
Kony 2012 video.
What Can We Do About Uganda and the LRA? March 27, 2012 | PDF
ACAS Statement to the U.S. Government about the Lord’s Resistance Army
and Central Africa, March 14, 2012 | PDF
Press release: Africa specialists address risks of KONY2012 campaign
and military solutions, March 15, 2012 | PDF
Other resources
Note: Use the URLs containing “bit.ly”; they are “tiny URLs”
that connect to the full-length web address.
1. Kony 2012 Video and Invisible Children
Kony 2012 video: http://vimeo.com/37119711
Unofficial video transcript at http://lybio.net :
http://bit.ly/H54QnB
Kony 2012: Part II – Beyond Famous http://vimeo.com/39803419
Website: www.invisiblechildren.com Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/invisible
Letter to President Obama from Invisible Children, Resolve, and
Enough Project http://bit.ly/H7k5Yp
2. Resource for teacher
React and Respond: The Phenomenon of Kony 2012, written on behalf of
the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association by Barbara
Brown (Boston University), John Metzler (Michigan State University),
Christine Root (Michigan State University), and Patrick Vinck (Harvard
University). April 17, 2012. | PDF
3. Sources of continuing coverage about Uganda and the LRA
Uganda Speaks – Trending Our Own Story http://ugandaspeaks.com/
allAfrica.com InFocus page on Uganda and LRA http://bit.ly/GSeEw3
and http://allafrica.com/uganda/
AfricaFocus http://www.africafocus.org and particularly
http://bit.ly/GSm8BS AfricaFocus is also on Facebook and Twitter.
African Arguments http://africanarguments.org/
Making Sense of Kony http://makingsenseofkony.org/
Ugandan media http://www.monitor.co.ug/ http://www.ntvuganda.co.ug/
Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/search-home Some hashtags to search
for include: #Kony2012, #StopKony, #StopStopKony, #UgandaSpeaks,
#Uganda 2012
4. African critiques of Kony 2012 video (from the continent and the diaspora)
See also: Uganda Speaks http://ugandaspeaks.com/
(above) and sections 5 (below)
My response to KONY2012 by Rosebell Kagumire, Ugandan journalist.
6:21-minute video http://bit.ly/GTlv8T and transcript at
http://lybio.net : http://bit.ly/GQXHUd
Selling Old Newspapers Shouldn’t Be Profitable: Invisible Children
and Kony 2012 by David Sangokoya, a Nigerian-American, creatively
discusses stereotypes of Africa. http://bit.ly/GUPJYu
Not a Click Away: Joseph Kony in the Real World by Dinaw Mengestu, an
award-winning novelist. He explores the limits of awareness campaigns
about complex issues. http://bit.ly/H3fieh
The White Savior Industrial Complex by Teju Cole, Nigerian American
novelist gives criticism in 7 Tweets and comments on response to it.
http://www.theatlantic.com : http://bit.ly/GSsbe8
Kony screening provokes anger in Uganda by Malcomb Well, 2:40 minute
video http://bit.ly/GRltBb
Women Civil Society Groups in Uganda: Kony2012 Campaign, Blurring
realities! at: http://www.isiswomen.org : http://bit.ly/H5vrMr
“I’d Tell Anyone” – Food for thought about “helping Africans” by
Juliane Okot Bitek, Ugandan poet and author. http://bit.ly/HBtCcE
Kony 2012 Video is Misleading by a Ugandan American teenager. 5:47
minute video viewed more than 3.7 million times on YouTube. (There is
one brief expletive.) http://bit.ly/GUbA8U
5. Other Critiques of the Kony 2012 campaign
Unpacking Kony by Ethan Zuckerman, director of MIT’s Center for Civic
Media and co-founder of Global Voices, discusses the simplicity of the
Kony 2012 message – and its dangers – and the Invisible Children’s
theory of change. At: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/ :
http://bit.ly/GUiuWH
Juice Rap News with Robert Foster: Yes We Kony – An irreverent parody
of Kony 2012 – a rap about the “white man’s burden” and the role of
AFRICOM. 3:37 minute video http://thejuicemedia.com
6. History of the conflict with the LRA and policies proposals
A Letter From Uganda on #Kony2012 by Sara Weschler of Information for
Youth Empowerment Programme in Northern Uganda. This is an excellent
summary of recent Ugandan history. At http://www.truthdig.com :
http://bit.ly/GSK9w6
The downside of the Kony 2012 video: What Jason did not tell Gavin
and his army of invisible children by Mahmood Mamdani, Director of the
Makerere Institute of Social Research at Makerere University, Kampala,
Uganda http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/80787
What will it take to end the LRA conflict? By Kennedy Tumutegyereize
of Conciliation Resources, reporting on perspective of people in
Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan who
are affected by the LRA. At: http://www.c-r.org : http://bit.ly/HcK3z2
Beyond Kony2012 by Nicolas Tillon and Ernest Sugule Kangoyangala,
April 14, 2012. Tillon works with Conciliation Resources, a
peace-building organization working with people affected by violent
conflict. They discuss whether military effort to capture Kony will
lead to a wider war and what should be done. At:
http://congosiasa.blogspot.com : http://bit.ly/HLyyAv
How Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 Will Hurt – And How You Can Help –
Central Africa by Michael Deibert. At: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
: http://huff.to/HXLLTK
Obama Takes on the LRA: Why Washington Sent Troops to Central Africa
by Mareike Schomerus, Tim Allen, and Koen Vlassenroot , November 2011.
At: http://www.foreignaffairs.com : http://fam.ag/HELi7R
Conflict and Conflict Resolution: Northern Uganda- Books and articles
included in syllabus by Adam Branch, Fall 2011 http://bit.ly/H1r993
7. Recommendations and commentary on current U.S. policy
Kony: What’s to be done? by Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the
World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, Tufts University,
discusses the military and non-military framework proposed by the
International Crisis Group, at: http://africanarguments.org :
http://bit.ly/GQzbaf
KONY 2012, and a military solution to the LRA crisis by
anthropologist Richard Vokes, a detailed discussion of the LRA and
dangers of a military solution, at:
http://theafricanist.blogspot.co.nz : http://bit.ly/H6giiY
#Kony2012 and the Warping Logic of Atrocity by Scott Edwards of
Amnesty International USA, regarding human rights concerns in Uganda
and Central Africa. At: http://blog.amnestyusa.org :
http://bit.ly/GTwXCk
Kony 2012, Save Darfur, and the US’ place in the world by Rohit Negi,
Assistant Professor at Ambedkar University, Delhi.
http://bit.ly/GUxrbb
Interview with Ethan Zuckerman by WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Suzanne
Sausville, discusses difficulties of capturing Kony and need to listen
to Ugandans about solutions, 2:20 minute audio at:
http://cbsloc.al/GSQYOb
8. How KONY 2012 went viral
[Data Viz] KONY2012: See How Invisible Networks Helped a Campaign
Capture the World’s Attention by Gilad Lotan, VP of Research and
Development at http://blog.socialflow.com : http://bit.ly/GRPXDb
Useful reads on Kony 2012 by Ethan Zuckerman
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/
9. Invisible Children’s mission, structure and budget
Invisible Children – Questions and Answers
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.htm
Visible Children – Blog by Grant Oyston, a political science student
at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, which he began right after the
release of Kony 2012 to share research findings about the Invisible
Children organization and its budget.
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/
Invisible Children Presentation Report to The Barnabas Group
Ministry, Concise statement by Invisible Children of its mission,
audience, and priorities. May 24, 2007. http://bit.ly/INX3YW
Kony 2012 Video Sends Mixed Message to Young Activists – Public
statement by the Better Business Bureau explaining its communications
with Invisible Children, March 12, 2012. http://bit.ly/J0Qaby
10. Reports about Uganda and the LRA
Transitioning to Peace: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about
Social Reconstruction and Justice in Northern Uganda, by Phuong Phem
and Patrick Vinck, December 2010.
http://www.peacebuildingdata.org/uganda
11. Films and videos about Uganda and the LRA
Uganda Rising, 90-minute documentary film directed by Pete McCormack
and Jesse James Miller, April 2006. Includes interviews with Betty
Bigombe, Mahmood Mamdani, and Noam Chomsky. (Contains some
disturbing descriptions and images of LRA atrocities.)
http://www.ugandarisingmovie.com
Uganda: The Challenge of Forgiveness. 20-minute documentary filmed in
Northern Uganda by Jason Cohen Productions. January 2011. Contains
interviews with Angelina Atyam, co-founder of the Concerned Parents
Association, and Archbishop John Baptist Odama, chairperson of the
Acholi Religious Leader’s Peace Initiative (ARLPI).
http://www.ugandarisingmovie.com/
11. Central Africa
Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth 26-minute video produced in
2011 http://congojustice.org/
Africa Canada Accountability Coalition (ACAC), a group based at the
Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia
that focuses on ethical advocacy regarding the Great Lakes region – DR
Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. http://www.acacdrcongo.org/ Blog:
http://blog.africacanada.org/
Last updated: April 18,
2012
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