Dr. Charles Amone is a Professor of History in Kyambogo University with over twenty-five years of teaching and research experience. He is a former Fulbright Scholar of the University of Millersville in USA, a former Fellow of the Institute of Languages and Communication of the University of Southern Denmark, former Fellow of the Institute of Development Policy (IOB) of the University of Antwerp, Belgium and former Fellow of the Global Health Institute, Belgium. Dr. Amone specializes in cultural and ethnic studies in which he has over thirty publications. He is an external examiner with Makerere University, Kabale University and a number of other universities. He has supervised several M. A. and Ph D. students, and he is a reviewer with a number of outstanding history and social studies journals. Currently he is researching on ethnic conflicts in north-eastern Uganda pinning the Karamojong and neighboring Ugandan communities. His wider research interests include ethnicity, conflicts and cultural stereotypes with their ramifications in society and people’s wellbeing and livelihoods. His research engagements aim to ensure a fair world without prejudices and manipulation or marginalization of minority and weaker groups in society. His contacts are E-mail: camone@kyu.ac.ug, telephone: +256772 462 901and Skype: charles.amone1

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Amone Charles (2020) Ethnicised Politics and the Changing Lwo Identity in Eastern Africa: A Case of the Acholi of Uganda. Mawazo Journal Vol. 14, No. 2: 1-20.
  2. Amone Charles, “Widow Inheritance in Northern Uganda: Patriarchy or Parenting?” in Veronica Fynn Bruey (2021) Patriarchy and Gender in Africa, Minneapolis, Lexington Books, ISBN: 9781793638564
  3. Amone Charles, “Contrasting Political Systems and the Challenge of Regional Integration: Uganda Versus the Rest in the EAC” in Jean-Marc Trouille, Helen Trouille and Penine Uwimbabazi (2021) The East African Community: Intraregional Integration and Relations with the EU. London, Routledge, ISBN 9780367616090
  4. Amone Charles (2021) Boda-boda, Youth Employment and Globalisation in Uganda. American Research Journal of History and Culture Volume 7, Issue 1, 1-9. DOI : 10.21694/2379-2914.21001
  5. Amone Charles, “Contested Citizenship, Legitimacy and the Nubian Identity in Eastern Africa” in Nabutanyi, F. Edgar, Kahyana, S. Danson and Dipio Dominica (2019) Discourse and Identities: Writing and Contemporary Eastern African Peripheral Subjectivities. Kampala, Fountain Publishers.
  6. Amone Charles (2021) Ethnic pluralism and the challenge of thematic curriculum implementation in Uganda, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42:1, 52-63, DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2019.1671426
  7. Amone Charles (2020). Polygamy as a Dominant Pattern of Sexual Pairing Among the Acholi of Uganda. Sexuality & Culture 24, 733–748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-019-09660-0
  8. Amone Charles (2018) Contested Citizenship, Religious Discrimination and the Growth of Nubian Identity in Northern Uganda. Globe: A Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, 6: 66-78 
  9. Amone Charles (2017) Intercultural Dialogue during the European Civilising Mission in Africa: The Acholi encounter with British Colonialists in Northern Uganda, 1898 – 1962. UNESCO Publications
  10. Amone Charles (2015) Contructivism, instrumentalism and the rise of Acholi ethnic identity in northern Uganda. African Identities. DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2015.1023255
  1. Amone Charles (2015) Ethnicity and Political Stability in Uganda: Are Ethnic Identities a Blessing or a Curse. Ethnopolitics Papers, No. 32: 1-18
  2. Amone Charles and Monica Arao (2014) The Values of Polygamy among the Langi People of Northern Uganda. The Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Vol. 3 (4): 48 – 52
  3. Amone Charles (2014) Rejecting the Masculinity of War: Was Alice Auma Lakwena of the Holy Spirit Movement the Messiah of the Acholi? Journal of Human and Social Science Research Vol. 4, No. 1: 01-07
  1. Amone Charles (2014) Armed Violence and Street Children in Northern Uganda, 1986 to 2014. Asian Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 3 (3): 15-22
  2. Amone Charles and Lakwo Charles (2015) Customary Land ownership and Underdevelopment in Northern Uganda. International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research Vol. 2, Issue 3: 117-125
  3. Amone Charles (2014) We are Strong because of our Millet Bread: Staple foods and the growth of ethnic identities in Uganda. TRAMES, 18 (68/63), 2:159–172
  4. Amone Charles (2014) Culture and Domestic Violence among the Acholi People of Northern Uganda. Indian Journal of Applied Research Vol. 4, Issue 5: 286-289
  5. Amone Charles (2014) Armed Conflict and Violence against Women in Northern Uganda, 1986 to 2014. Indian Journal of Research-Paripex Volume : 3 Issue: 120-122
  6. Amone Charles (2014) The Creation of Acholi Military Ethnocracy in Uganda, 1862 to 1962. International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 3: 141 – 150
  7. Amone Charles (2014) The Relevance of the Theory of Constructivism in the rise of Acholi Ethnic Identity in Northern Uganda. Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2 (2C): 333-338
  1. Amone Charles (2014) Reasons for the British Choice of the Acholi as the Martial Race of Uganda, 1862 to 1962. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS) Volume 2-Issue 2: 70-77
  2. Amone Charles (2014) Identity, Memory and Gender in Child naming Among the Acholi people of Northern Uganda. International Journal of Social Relevance and Concern Vol. 2, Issue 5: 217-224
  3. Amone Charles (2014) The Relevance of the Theory of Primordialism to the Evolution of Acholi Ethnic Identity in Northern Uganda. International Research Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3 (4): 8 – 12
  4. Amone Charles (2014) Forced Migration and Prostitution in Acholi-land, Northern Uganda, 1986 to 2014. Global Journal of Research Analysis, Vol. 3, Issue 4: 86 – 89
  5. Amone Charles (2014) A History of Prostitution in Acholi-Land, Northern Uganda, 1911 to 2011. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 3, Issue 4: 1 – 6 2014 • ISSN No 2277 – 8179
  6. Amone Charles (2014) Identity, Citizenship and Belonging in the Politics of Uganda, 1962 to 2012. Asian Academic Research Multidisciplinary Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 19: 534-560
  7. Amone Charles (2014) Ethnicity, Regionalism and the Holy Spirit War of Alice Auma Lakwena In Uganda, 1986 To 1988. Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities. Vol. 1, Issue: 31 – 54
  8. Amone Charles and Okullu Mura (2013) British Colonialism and the Creation of Acholi Ethnic Identity, 1894 to 1962. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Published online: 1 – 19
  9. Amone Charles (2013) Nationalism, popular uprising and the un-doing of martial race concept in Uganda, 1971 to 1986. The Global Advanced Research Journal of History, Political Science and International Relations Vol. 2 (3):41-5
  10. Amone Charles (2012) Strangers Everywhere: Exclusion, Identity and the Future of Nubians in Northern Uganda. The Greener Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 (8): 391-398
  11. Amone Charles (2013) The Double Face of Sir Samuel Baker’s Anti-slave trade campaigns in the Upper Nile Valley, 1869 to 1874. The Greener Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol.  Vol. 3 (3): 50 – 56
  12. Amone Charles and Indeanyiya Rose Lima (2012) Catholic Missionaries and One Hundred Year of Formal Education in North-western Uganda, 1912 to 2012. Journal of Education and Behavioural Sciences Vol. 2 (9): 143-153
  13. Amone Charles, Apiyo Lilly and Okwir Annet Julie (2013) Culture and Girl-Child Education in Northern Uganda.  Prime Research on Education Vol. 3 (6): 570-578
  14. Amone Charles (2014) Formal Education and Cultural Changes in Northern Uganda, 1911 to 2011. Journal of Education and Behavioural Sciences Vol. 2 (8):126-134
  15. Lagoro David Kitara, Amone Charles and Okello Christopher (2012) Knowledge and misconceptions about HIV counselling and testing (HCT) among the post-conflict youths of Gulu, Northern Uganda. A prospective study design, The Pan African Medical Journal12 (31):1 – 11
  16. Lagoro David Kitara and Amone Charles (2012) Perception of the population in northern Uganda to Nodding Syndrome. The Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences Vol. 3 (6), 2012: 464-470
  17. Lagoro David Kitara, Odongkara Beatrice Mpora, Amone Charles et.al (2012) Domestic Violence in Gulu, Northern Uganda. East and Central African Journal of Surgery. Vol. 17 (1): 29-36.

PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

  1. Amone Charles “The Legacy of Slave Trade in Acholiland, Northern Uganda” in Advances in Historical Studies Journal, USA
  2. Amone Charles “Women With Nying Moi: The Herstory of LRA Female Combatants”. Sumerianz Journal

SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  1. Amone Charles, “The 19th Century lave Trade and Demographic changes in Northern Uganda”. A paper presented at the international conference held in the Sweet Waters Serena Hotel in Nanyuki, Kenya, organised by The British Institute in Eastern Africa.
  2. Amone Charles, “Indigenous Methods of Food Security in Northern Uganda”. A paper presented at the international conference held in the University of Eldoret from 4th to 6th September 2019
  3. Amone Charles. “Politics and the changing Lwo identity in East Africa: A case of the Acholi of Uganda.” A paper presented at the 2019 CHUSS Conference sponsored by MELLON Foundation and held at Makerere University from 15 to 17th May 2019
  4. Amone Charles. “Ethnic Pluralism and the Challenge of Thematic Curriculum implementation in Uganda”. A paper presented at an international conference held in the University of Dodoma from 26th to 28th of November 2018
  5. Amone Charles “Polygamy and Gender Inequality in Traditional African Society: Did marrying more than one wife oppress women?” A paper presented at the Gulu University 5th Annual International Conference held on 9th November 2018
  6. Amone Charles. “Vigilantism and community policing in Uganda, 1986 to 2018: implications for peace and sustainable development”. A paper presented at an international conference held at Mount Kenya University from 17th to 19th October 2018
  7. Amone Charles. “Vitallarie Paradoxa (YatYaa), the sacred tree of the Acholi: Environmental conservation, Cultural Identity and Women’s Economic Empowerment.” A paper presented at the 3rd East Africa Community (EAC) Art and Culture Conference in Kampala from 12th to 15 February 2018
  8. Amone Charles. “Contested Citizenship, Religious Discrimination and the Growth of Nubian Identity in Northern Uganda”. A presented at Maargart Conference held in the City of Nagarkot in Nepal on 7th December 2016
  9. Amone Charles. “Ethnic Pluralism and Governance in Post-war Gulu District, northern Uganda”. A paper presented at a VLIR Conference held at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB) of the University of Antwerp in Belgium on 11/10/2016
  10. Amone Charles. “Autochthony, Legitimacy and the Nubian Identity in Eastern Africa”. A paper presented at the second Eastern Africa literary and Cultural Studies Conference held at Makerere University, Kampala on 20th August 2015
  11. Amone Charles. “Knowledge and misconceptions about HIV counseling and testing (HCT) among the post-conflict youths of Gulu, Northern Uganda: A prospective study design”. A paper presented at the regional HIV/AIDs conference organized and the Uganda Aids Commission at Bomah Hotel, Gulu
  12. Amone Charles. “A History of Ethnic Discrimination in Uganda”. A paper presented at the Africa, Pacific and the Oceania Conference held in Millersville University, USA, on 3/6/2014
  13. Amone Charles. “Rejecting the masculinity of war: Was Alice Lakwena of the Holy Spirit Movement the Joan of Arc of the Acholi?” A paper presented at the British East African Institute in Nairobi on 20th November 2013
  14. Amone Charles. “Ethnicity and Political Stability in Uganda: are ethnic identities a blessing or a curse?” A paper presented in Arhus University in Denmark on 11 April 2013 during a conference organised by Building Stronger Universities in Africa (BSU) under the platform of Stability, Rights and Democracy
  15. Amone Charles. “Climate Change, Nomadic Pastoralism and Conflict in Uganda’s Cattle Corridor,” A Paper presented in Bielefeld University, Germany, in a conference organised by European Science Foundation from 9th to 13th December 2012
  16. Amone Charles. “The Arming of Vigilantes as a Peace-building Strategy: Lessons from Northern Uganda, 1986 to 2012”. A paper presented in Norrkoping University, Sweden during a peace conference organised by European Science Foundation, 20th October to 24th October 2012
  17. Amone Charles. “Identity, Citizenship and Belonging in the Politics of Uganda, 1962 to 2012.” A Paper presented at The British East African Institute, Nairobi, in a conference organised by University of Cambridge’s Centre for African Affairs, 11th – 12th July 2012
  18. Amone Charles. “The Growth of Ethnic Identities in Pre-Colonial Africa: A Case of the Acholi of Uganda.” A paper presented at the Building of Stronger Universities (BSU) Conference organised Denmark in Gulu –April 2012
  19. Amone Charles. “Ethnicity and the rise of Armed Conflicts in Uganda: A Case of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).” A paper presented at a conference organised by Gulu University, November 2011
  20. Amone Charles. “British Colonialism and the Creation of Acholi Ethnic Nationalism, 1894 to 1962.” A paper presented at a conference organised by Gulu University in August, 2010
  21. Amone Charles. “The Mercantile Age and Growth of Industrialism in Europe”, a paper presented at a conference organised by Makerere University, 14th March 2009