{"product_id":"saint-charles-lwanga-gideon-black-9798196337970","title":"Saint Charles Lwanga: Betrayed, Hunted and Martyred","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne word sparked a fire. One fire birthed a nation. One boy's \"no\" still shakes the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the kingdom of Buganda, the kabaka was god. His word was law. His hunger was command. And his prey were the boys in his own palace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Lwanga was their shield. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHead of the royal pages. Secret Christian. Guardian of innocence in a court drunk on power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen King Mwanga demanded the pages for his bed, Charles looked a king in the eye and said the word that would doom him: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor that defiance, he was betrayed by the men he trusted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunted through swamps with spears at his back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartyred in a furnace on Namugongo Hill with twenty-five boys burning beside him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kabaka believed fire would erase them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was wrong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe youngest - fourteen-year-old Kizito - walked out of the flames, a living torch, and spoke the words that broke a kingdom: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tell the kabaka I forgive him.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat forgiveness became a blaze. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe executioners became catechists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ashes became altars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hunted pages became the fathers of a Catholic nation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAINT CHARLES LWANGA is more than martyrdom. It's a mirror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor every teenager told \"just send it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor every man told \"sign it or starve.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor every soul facing a digital kabaka that says \"bow, and you will belong.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMwanga had a throne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles had a Cross. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne is dust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne is still burning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour Namugongo is waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere will you stand when the fire comes for you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gideon Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196337970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Gideon Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659888472319,"sku":"9798196337970","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a6b801f-c8d7-4ecc-9f84-197a12c013a9.jpg?v=1781203833","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saint-charles-lwanga-gideon-black-9798196337970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}