‘There’s no thing as a whole story’: Storytelling and the healing of sexual violence survivors among women and girls in Acholiland, northern Uganda

Storytelling has become an acceptable intervention tool amongtransitional justice promoters and peace-builders because of its catharticnature and ability to help society in transition to come to terms with atraumatic past. It has played a significant role in the area of truth findingand accountability and has been widely used in several countries in thelast decade. In this article the focus is on Acholi women and girls inAcholiland, northern Uganda, who have suffered most severely from theimpact of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony. Theirstories of trauma in the face of terror have not been properly acknowledged.This paper examines the role of storytelling in the healing of sexualviolence survivors. It argues that constructive storytelling projects ca