# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grace-akallo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:52:29.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grace-akallo"
name: "Grace Akallo"
slug: "grace-akallo"
description: "Grace Akallo is a Ugandan woman who was abducted in 1996 to be used as a child soldier in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel military group led by Joseph Kony. At the time of her abduction, Akallo was 15 years old and attending St. Mary's College, a Catholic boarding school in Aboke, Uganda. She remained in the LRA for seven months before escaping. After escaping the army, Akallo returned to St. Mary's College to finish her high school education. She began her college education at the Uganda Christian University, but finished her undergraduate degree at Gordon College after receiving a scholarship. Akallo then went on to receive her master's degree from Clark University. Upon her escape from the LRA, Akallo began working as an advocate for peace and for the rights of African women and children. She has been using both her experiences as a child soldier and the information she has gained in her higher education to advocate against violence and the use of child soldiers, as well as to help counsel other escaped child soldiers like herself."
tagline: "Ugandan former child soldier"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1981"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.85
  momentum:             7.96938775510204
  historical:           8.340569333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Akallo"
    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "غريس أكالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Akallo"
    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Akallo"
    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Akallo"
    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ग्रेस अकेल्लो"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Akallo"
    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Akallo"
    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Akallo"
    title: "Grace Akallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16148118"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump