Kony 2012 might have been an epic failure, but NGO Invisible Children Uganda’s greatest mistake might have been failing to draw attention to the good work it does in northern Uganda. Almost a year ago, Kony2012, a YouTube short aimed at awakening awareness in Western youth to Uganda’s recent 20 years of mass atrocity, went viral. The video brought new attention to Uganda; warlord and International Criminal Court indictee Joseph Kony; and the YouTube short creator, American NGO Invisible Children. As fast as this attention intensified from nothing to a worldwide phenomenon, it fizzled. But, before it did, academics and […]