The Amazing Story of The Kony 2012 Phenomenon [Kindle Edition]

John O'Dowd (Author)

Book Description

New Book Tells It All: The Amazing Story Of The Kony 2012 Phenomenon!

The world is abuzz about Kony 2012! Now, author John O’Dowd compiled all the important facts, controversies, and everything everyone wants to know in one ‘tell-all’ book, so you can become a Kony 2012 ‘Illuminati’ in one riveting read!

Here is a sneak-peak into what this ‘tell-all’ book covers:

The Story Of Joseph Kony:

• The beginnings of Kony: How a church-going alter boy began leading children in formations of a cross, sprinkling holy water as they raped, mutilated and murdered...

• Kony’s ‘accomplishments’: 88 wives, 104,000 children kidnapped, and more shocking facts and figures that will rattle the minds of everyone that hears them...

• Dozens of heart-wrenching and chilling stories from children lucky to survive Kony...

The Story Of The Invisible Children Charity:

• How three college students in 2003 bought a video camera on eBay, without the slightest idea of what they were going to do, other than go to Africa to make a film...

• How Invisible Children began with a $70,000 loan to taking in $46,315,978 in six years...

• What Invisible Children is doing, and how it’s spending our donations to fight Kony...

The Story Of The Kony 2012 Video:

• How the Kony 2012 video exploded to 100 million viral views in just 6 days. What was planned before the video’s release, what happened the first week, and the aftermath...

• The various reactions it caused: A mobilizing of youth, uproar in Uganda, huge support by celebrities, backlash by major public officials. Why such difference?

• The bigger picture: What can we learn from Kony 2012 to creative massive change?

And, It Includes:

• A full accounting of the successes… the failures… and the lessons of Kony 2012…

• The truths… the controversies… and the scandals… There’s a lot that will rouse you up, a lot that will alleviate you, and a lot that will leave you with ‘Oh my gosh!’…

• Revealing information from President Museveni of Uganda, The U.S. Government, and a few ‘secret organizations’…

• Thoughts and insights from big celebrities with power, connections, and reach…

• A look into: What does the future hold?

• And there’s more in this book that we don’t want to reveal here now, because we’d rather surprise you with it! After all, that’s a big part of what makes a book exciting.

Product Details

• File Size: 576 KB
• Print Length: 299 pages
• Publisher: John O'Dowd (May 7, 2012)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0081FUDU8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #457,087 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars You'll learn about the inside of the viral nature of Kony 2012 May 8, 2012

By Peter Kelton

Author John O'Dowd has woven a majestic tapestry that blankets the 2012 phenomenon with insights that range from mistakes by early missionaries to the terribly sad tales of abuse by children told to Human Rights Watch workers 15 long years ago.
In "The Amazing Story of the Kony 2012 Phenomenon" you'll encounter analysis of the viral phenomenon by Charlie Beckett, Director of Polis in the Department of Media and Communications at London School of Economics and Political Science. Analysis of the first 5,000 people to re-tweet the #Kony2012 hashtag on Twitter shows that they were clustered around a few southern U.S. cities. Analysis of the tags associated with those people re-tweeting showed terms such as "Jesus, God, Christ, University, and Student." In effect, the evangelical Christian spirit pushed Kony 2012 to record heights, a view confirmed by U.S. analysts, including Tim Hwang, who is among those who tracked initial launching Tweets to a youthful religious core around Birmingham, Ala.
This is not a dry, statistical history, but a lively yet deeply moving story superbly written. Listen to the rhythm of the opening lines:
"The young altar boy, son of an Anglican mother and a Catholic father, moved through the dense scrub growth at the edge of a dry lake in northern Uganda. Behind the boy came two dozen black children. They stalked their prey in a formation the shape of a cross. The altar boy sprinkled Holy water as they emerged from a cover of savanna ferns. When the kill was over, there lay seven butchered villagers, brutally sliced open with machetes. The band of true believers headed back toward their own village, dragging with them several children bound with vine ropes and destined to become indoctrinated into the altar boy's marauding army of youngsters."
The narration moves through time easily bridging the gap between participants Rihanna, Angelina Jolie, and George Clooney on the contemporary scene, and the mysterious and mystical world of Alice Auma, an Acholi tribal leader who claimed to be acting on guidance from the spirit Lakwena.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book !!! May 14, 2012

By rtcouto

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This book is great ! I recommend it to everyone to read and get informed about what is really happening in our world and take action to make a difference!!!
We should not be conformed with things that are happening in our world and stand up to help in a great cause !!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent objective review May 22, 2012

By Belinda

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This is an excellent objective review of Kony 2012 and put in a historical context that is easy to understand and navigate. I really liked the sytle of inserting the tweets and facebook comments as this makes it all very current and relevant.