Nixon Olanya and Evelyn Apiyo were abducted from their childhood homes and forced into the service of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Olanya as a soldier and Apiyo as a sex slave.
Unlike most of the 20,000 children estimated to have been kidnapped by the rebel LRA during Uganda’s 19-year civil war, Olanya and Apiyo escaped and returned to their families.
“We had the opportunity to interview five children [including Olanya and Apiyo] who were forced into the LRA, whether as soldiers or sex slaves,” said Michelle Gallardo, producer of the new documentary “Stolen Generation: The Story of Children in Northern Uganda.”
