LC control no. | n 94081313 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Auma, Alice, 1956-2007 |
Variant(s) | Lakwena, Alice, 1956-2007 |
Associated country | Uganda |
Associated place | Kenya |
Birth date | 1956 |
Death date | 20070117 |
Place of birth | Bungatira (Uganda) |
Place of death | Kenya |
Affiliation | Holy Spirit Mobile Forces (Religious order) Holy Spirit Safety Precautions (Religious order) |
Profession or occupation | Spiritualists Military officers |
Found in | Alice und die Geister, c1993: t.p. (Alice Auma) Alice Lakwena & the spirits, 2000: CIP galley (Alice Auma; possessed by spirit Lakwena and became known as Alice Lakwena) Times online WWW site, Jan. 24, 2007 (Alice Lakwena; b. Alice Auma, probably in 1956, Acholiland; d. Jan. 17, 2007; elusive and enigmatic leader of the Holy Spirit Movement guerrillas in northern Uganda) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 19, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lakwena, Alice Auma; Alice Auma; spiritualist, foreign military officer; born 1956 in Bungatira, Uganda; raised in the Anglican faith, then converted to Catholicism; began preaching the word of God (1985); was a medium of Christian spirit named Lakwena (messenger or apostle) during Ugandan civil war; after spirit's order healed the sick, then led holy war against evil in Uganda, against government army, internal enemy: impure soldiers, witches and pagans; founded Holy Spirit Mobile Forces (HSMF); tried to establish new moral order Holy Spirit Safety Precautions; was granted political asylum after defeat of HSMF in Kenya (1987); became a Christian prophetess in a refugee camp, Kenya; died 17 January, 2007, near Dedaab, Kenya) |