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Out of the Black Shadows
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Stephen Lungu was the oldest son of a teenage mother, married off to a much older man by her parents, and living in a black township near Salisbury, Zimbabwe. When he was seven his mother ran away, leaving him, and his younger brother and sister, in the reluctant care of an aunt. By eleven Stephen too had run away, preferring life on the streets.
To survive, he slept under bridges and scavenged food from white folks' dustbins. As a teenager he was recruited into one of the urban gangs, called the Black Shadows, which ran a programme of theft and thuggery with a half-focused dream of revolution. When a travelling evangelist came to town, Stephen was sent to fire bomb the event, carrying his bag of bombs and mingling with the crowd.
Instead of throwing bombs he stayed to listen ... what followed was better than fiction.
Stephen Lungu was the oldest son of a teenage mother, married off to a much older man by her parents, and living in a black township near Salisbury, Zimbabwe. When he was seven his mother ran away, leaving him, and his younger brother and sister, in the reluctant care of an aunt. By eleven Stephen too had run away, preferring life on the streets.
To survive, he slept under bridges and scavenged food from white folks' dustbins. As a teenager he was recruited into one of the urban gangs, called the Black Shadows, which ran a programme of theft and thuggery with a half-focused dream of revolution. When a travelling evangelist came to town, Stephen was sent to fire bomb the event, carrying his bag of bombs and mingling with the crowd.
Instead of throwing bombs he stayed to listen ... what followed was better than fiction.
258 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 21, 2024
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January 26, 2026
Highly recommend this book!!! I gasped, I cried, I laughed. What a great insight to other cultural perspectives in life - family, marriage, friendship, and all the way down to the operating of a bathtub.
This will sharpen your faith by reminding you on every page, in every part of Stephen Lungu’s life, the grace of our precious Savior.
This will sharpen your faith by reminding you on every page, in every part of Stephen Lungu’s life, the grace of our precious Savior.
March 6, 2025
Really sad my sister said it reminded her of Frederick Douglass Never finished but not picking it up any time soon
April 2, 2025
Life changing
December 14, 2025
Great story of Gods redemptive power in the life of one man and how he can change the life of thousands.
July 21, 2026
One of my favorite Biographies
I read this book with tears flowing. You won’t regret buying and reading this amazing story. A major faith builder
I read this book with tears flowing. You won’t regret buying and reading this amazing story. A major faith builder
January 4, 2026
Beautifully detailed and moving story of an abandoned boy in Africa who was lifted up by God to become an evangelist to Nations. Nearly had me in tears multiple times—first in grief for his hardships, and then in awe of God’s mercy and kindness.
My only critique is the length. But God uses all the details.
My only critique is the length. But God uses all the details.
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