A Memorable Process in a Forgotten War: Forgiveness Within Northern Uganda
Finnegan, Amy Colleen
2005
- Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: Northern Uganda has experienced a devastating war for the past eighteen years, forgotten to the rest of the world. Within this war-torn society of Acholiland, a sub-region of Northern Uganda, the author highlights how processes of forgiveness have occurred and ... read moreare ongoing, arguing that they have a significant impact on the process of conflict resolution. In addition to providing evidence of forgiveness through her personal observations and interviews, research she conducted with the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI) and extensive secondary source material, the author outlines the theories of forgiveness and the historical context of Northern Uganda. In the central part of the thesis, the author lays out possible reasons behind why forgiveness is playing a role including the influence of religion in Acholiland, the failure of other methods of conflict resolution, cultural explanations, and a sense of family prevalent between the Acholi and many of the abducted members of the Lord's Resistance Army, the insurgency group. The author then provides a solid analysis of the impact of forgiveness as well as lessons learned from the Northern Uganda case of forgiveness.read less
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