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In The Roots of Ethnicity, Ronald R. Atkinson argues that although colonial rule and its aftermath have played a major role in shaping the particular manifestations of ethnicity in Africa, many sociohistorical developments crucial to current expressions of ethnicity can be traced to a past long before the colonial period. Atkinson develops his argument through an exhaustive examination of the origins of the collective identity of the Acholi of present-day northern Uganda. His study makes clear that by the time of European conquest the essential foundations and the crucial parameters for the evolution of Acholi society and ethnic consciousness had long been established. In presenting his argument for the need to extend the existing scholarship on ethnicity in Africa beyond its twentieth-century focus, Atkinson provides what is perhaps the most detailed reconstruction and analysis yet available of the pre-1800 evolution of an African sociopolitical order.Beyond these contributions to the study of African history, The Roots of Ethnicity provides an extended case study in and a convincing argument for the use of oral sources in the reconstruction and interpretation of the African past. It will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, history, and African studies, as well as to all those interested in ethnicity and the politics of identity.

Chiefdoms --- Ethnohistory --- Ethnicity --- Acholi (African people) --- Acholi (African people) --- Acholi (African people) --- History. --- Ethnic identity. --- History --- Sources. --- Origin.

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Acholi (African people) --- Kings and rulers --- History. --- Acholi (Uganda) --- Kings and rulers --- History.

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Acholi (African people) --- Children and war --- Children and war --- Forced labor --- Forced labor --- Insurgency --- Insurgency --- Politics and government.

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Acholi (African people) --- Religion and politics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Acoli (African people) --- Ethnology --- Lwoo (African people) --- Nilotic peoples --- Religion. --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Auma, Alice, --- Lakwena, Alice, --- Teachings.

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In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit, raised an army called the 'Holy Spirit Mobile Forces' and with it waged a war, not only against the National Resistance Army of the government but also against internal enemies in the form of 'impure' soldiers, witches and sorcerers. She came close to her goal of overthrowing the government but was defeated and fled to Kenya.
This book gives an account of the movement from within, based on interviews with and writings of its members, and concludes with an account of the successor movements into which Alice's forces fragmented, including the 'Lord's Resistance Army', actively involved in the civil wars of the Sudan and Uganda.

North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers

Acholi (African people) --- Religion and politics --- Spiritualism --- Religion. --- Auma, Alice --- Teachings. --- Uganda --- History --- Communication with the dead --- Dead, Communication with the --- Metapsychology --- Spiritism --- Occultism --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Acoli (African people) --- Ethnology --- Lwoo (African people) --- Nilotic peoples --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Alice Lakwena. --- Civil Wars. --- Holy Spirit Mobile Forces. --- Lord's Resistance Army. --- Spiritual Movement. --- Uganda.