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Julius Okello, a former Ugandan child soldier forced into a civil war at the age of nine, will graduate with a PhD from UCT on 15 December. He will receive one of 205 doctorates being awarded this month.
It was Thursday, 9 April 2020, at 05:47, hardly dawn. At his home in Uganda, Julius Okello was woken by the ping of an email on his phone. In the half-light he scanned the heading and then fetched a glass of water. Back in his bedroom, he prayed before opening the email. Three external examiners’ reports confirmed the message he’d been hoping for: he was a PhD graduand.