bear responsibility for the bloodshed in Uganda." The animals denied blame, and the buffalo displayed a wound on his leg, and the hippopotamus displayed a wound on his arm. Lakwena then questioned the water about the war:Lakwena said to the waterfall: "Water, I am coming to ask you about the sins and bloodshed in this world." And the water said: "The people with two legs kill their brothers and throw their bodies into the water." The spirit asked the water what it did with the sinners, and the water said: "I fight against the sinners, for they are the ones to blame for the bloodshed. Go and fight against the sinners, because they throw their brothers into the water." After briefly returning home, Lakwena led Auma to Mount Kilak to deal with the issue of witchcraft. The mountain greeted their arrival with large explosions:The spirit Lakwena said to the mountain or to the rock: "God has sent me to find out why there is theft in the world." The mountain answered: "I have gone nowhere and have stolen no one's children. But people come here to me and name the names of those whom I should kill [by casting spells]. Some ask me for medicine [to bewitch]. This is the sin of the people. I want to give you water to heal diseases. But you must fight against the sinners." In the climax to the story, God himself specifies who is to blame for all of the suffering and bloodshed:God said that there was a tribe in Uganda that was hated everywhere. This tribe was the Acholi. And God ordered that a lamb be offered, so that they should repent their sins and to put an end to the bloodshed in Acholi. See also Joseph Kony Tito Okello Vincent Otti Caesar Achellam Okot Odhiambo References Bibliography Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits: War in Northern Uganda, 1985–97, James Currey, 2000. . Mitch Cohen, trans. (Originally published as Behrend, H. 1993. Alice und die Geister: Krieg in Norden Uganda. Trickster, Munich.) External links "Resistance Army Leader in Kenya after 'Holy War'" (streaming audio) by Eric Westervelt, National Public Radio'''s Weekend Edition Saturday, 12 November 2005 "Uganda's mystic rebel leader dies", BBC News Online, 17 January 2007 Rebel leader was seen as 'spiritual medium', Mail & Guardian'' "SOLDIER BOYS" Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army Video made in 2000 for CTV