The Captive

At the age of 11-years, Olum Douglas was abducted and conscripted into the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel organisation. For about seven months, Olum witnessed his colleagues get killed. He was tortured, starved, forced to kill and narrowly survived death.The Captive is a first-hand account of the author's experience with the Joseph Kony led rebel organsation which terrorised northern Uganda for nearly two decades. Olum tells his story alongside those of many other children who suffered in the hands of the LRA, many of who died in captivity.