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109:, sending troops with machine guns in to disrupt the "rebellion". They also deported 15 chiefs (who were first appointed by colonial forces), before deporting eight more the next year; the evidence for doing this was disputed, and the Attorney General of the Protectorate of Uganda eventually concluded that there was no evidence of anything beyond the fact that "'Allah Water' appears to be a particularly intoxicating drink". However, the Attorney General was overruled and they were deported anyway. 77:
plant locally known as Kamiojo. The drug is known to cause hallucinations, as well as feelings of elation and frenzy when taken in large amounts. Writer George Ivan Smith described it as the "LSD of Central Africa". The group members would perform their rites around a planted pole, called dini (a
379: 116:'s mother, Aate, was a member of the group. The Yakan movement was later described as having an effect on Amin's preferred types of torture techniques. The Amin family instead claimed that "the Yakanye Order" was an African 104:
The movement was repressed by British colonial authorities who judged it as a "coordinated conspiracy" and challenge against their rule. The British viewed the Yakan as being a source of the resistance to
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Dalfovo, Albert Titus (2001). "Religion among the Lugbara. The Triadic Source of Its Meaning".
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Allen, Tim (July 1991). "Understanding Alice: Uganda's Holy Spirit Movement in Context".
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saying the medical aspect was secondary to the desire for revolution among the members.
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congregation, centered around distributing "water of Yakan", infused with a psychedelic
35:, also known as the Yakani, Yakanye, Yakaŋ, the Yakan water cult, or Allah Water, was a 117: 58: 40: 561: 510:
King, Anne (January 1970). "The Yakan Cult and Lugbara Response to Colonial Rule".
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Inside West Nile: violence, history & representation on an African frontier
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The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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The group has also been described as primarily wishing for independence, with
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Middleton, John (1963). "The Yakan or Allah Water Cult Among the Lugbara".
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Prophets and Rainmakers: The Agents of Social Change among the Lugbara
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The group has been remembered as a colonial resistance group.
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The group first appeared in 1890. The administration of the
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term used more broadly to refer to religion in Lugbara).
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Middleton, John (1971). "The Translation of Culture".
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Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
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Index

Allah Water
religious movement
Lugbara people
Protectorate of Uganda
Lugbara people
alternative medicine
daffodil
Jack Driberg
Protectorate of Uganda
West Nile District
forced labor
Idi Amin
secret society
Smith 1980
Middleton 1963


Leopold 2021



Dalfovo 2001


Smith 1980


Leopold 2021
Middleton 1971
Allen 1991

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