Abstract
Power and Identity of the Individual in Contexts of Violence and Trauma
Highlights
The horrors of the violence of war and the individual’s response to extreme conflict have fascinated readers for generations, putting human capability to adapt and survive to the test on the page
As the authors of The Lord’s Resistance Army: Myth and Reality, Tim Allen and Koen Vlassenroot, explain, “Kony claimed that Acholi society [, an ethnic group in northern Uganda,] had to be purified by violence, but he has been much more prone to targeting non-combatants, and his forces have specialized in performing shocking atrocities on a few individuals, spreading fear in the population as a whole” (10)
Arac de Nyeko employs earth imagery and metaphor to create a powerful source of identity for the individual and community
Summary
The horrors of the violence of war and the individual’s response to extreme conflict have fascinated readers for generations, putting human capability to adapt and survive to the test on the page. The two fictional works “Strange Fruits” by Monica Arac de Nyeko and Unknown Soldier, Vol 4: Beautiful World written by Joshua Dysart and illustrated by Alberto Ponticelli explore the stories of those living through the hardships of life amidst political conflict involving Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) activity in northern Uganda and neighboring countries. Despite this shared context, these two works tell the experience of the LRA’s influence on people’s lives from very different perspectives.
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