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Atembo Munga

Atembo Munga

Atembo Munga is a Congolese refugee raised in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp who shared his story of fleeing conflict on the Wilderness Conversations podcast (episode "Held in His Hands").

Sep 16, 2026

21:55
By now, I came to Kakuna.
21:56
The nearest church there was an exhibition hall.
21:59
So I just said one day that I think I should just visit this church because I was raised...
22:07
I used to go to church with my mom and dad.
22:10
I just went.
22:11
I just decided one day, I just told my friend, I think we should just go to this church.
22:18
Then, upon arriving there, that is when the problem began.

11 MINS LATER

speaker_5UNKNOWN
33:24
I was taught, like, they answered all my questions, and I Personally, I didn't hesitate
SteveHOST
30:33
And tell us how old you were and what events happened to make you or to change your life.
30:43
This happened when we were in school.
30:45
We were in school and we saw some soldiers, like, you know, we saw soldiers, people wearing those soldier uniforms, you see, outside our school.
30:57
And before that, we started hearing those gunshots.
31:01
Yeah, gunshots.
31:02
Then we were like, you know, to some extent, hearing gunshots in Congo is just like a normal business.
31:09
Like you can just hear them on a daily basis because there has never been peace.

8 MINS LATER

39:17
fetch water and come back to life.

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