ADD-DL-01 - Lapurupeta - 2013
HNW
01'00'55''
Free DL
This recording was ready for a physical release on ADD. However, for various reasons it won't happen. Instead it is presented as a free download from this blog. The DL contains 320Kbit/s MP3, album cover and an Acholi phrasebook.
'Lapurupeta' means 'Prophet' in Acholi. It is how the Lord's Revolution Army perceives its leader, Joseph Kony. Born out of a 'Northerner' (Acholi) / 'Southerner' (Baganda) ethnic war in Uganda, the L.R.A.'s ultimate goal is to create a Theocracy in Uganda, based upon the Ten Commandments.
In 1987, commander Odong Latek convinced the Acholi rebels to start abducting children, in order to create the most faithful army, one whose only family would be the other soldiers and their prophetic leader. They targeted Baganda children, thinking that their opponents wouldn't dare to kill their own children on the battlefield.
The L.R.A. has thus abducted about 20.000 children, displaced 1.500.000 civilians and killed 100.000 people since the bush war started in 1987.
The cover for this release is a photo from 1934 of the first Christian sign in Uganda: Father Diogo Cão's cross. Could he have imagined the L.R.A.'s plan to turn Uganda into a Theocracy, using an army of abducted children ?
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