BUTTERFLIES OF UGANDA: MEMORIES OF A CHILD SOLDIER
Author(s) -
Gerhard Van Zyl
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria south african journal of military studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/40-2-1002
Subject(s) - history , psychology
"I was conceived in rape."[i] At least for this reviewer, this is one of the most powerful, hard-hitting opening lines of any book he has read to date. Moreover, from there this powerful text continues to hold the reader captive, and refuses to allow him or her to fall back in a slumber of indifference.
[i] Opening line of Butterflies of Uganda.
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