It looks like you need to trace Stephen Kumalo's movements in the novel. I'll provide brief notes about this. Please refer to the novel for further textual evidence regarding Stephen's movements.
1) After receiving a letter from Theophilus Msimangu (a priest), Stephen makes his way to Johannesburg to find his brother, John; his sister, Gertrude; and his son, Absalom. In Johannesburg, he stays with Mrs. Lithebe, a member of Msimangu's church.
2) In Johannesburg, Stephen...
It looks like you need to trace Stephen Kumalo's movements in the novel. I'll provide brief notes about this. Please refer to the novel for further textual evidence regarding Stephen's movements.
1) After receiving a letter from Theophilus Msimangu (a priest), Stephen makes his way to Johannesburg to find his brother, John; his sister, Gertrude; and his son, Absalom. In Johannesburg, he stays with Mrs. Lithebe, a member of Msimangu's church.
2) In Johannesburg, Stephen makes his way to Claremont. There, he stops at Number 11 Hyacinth Street; this is where Gertrude and her son live. Here, Stephen convinces Gertrude to return with him to Ndotsheni.
3) Still in Johannesburg, Stephen makes his way to John's shop. Here, John provides Stephen with the last known address for Absalom: Doornfontein Textiles Company at 14 Krause St.
4) Stephen makes his way to the Doornfontein address, but Absalom is not there. The owners of the factory provide Stephen with another address for a Mrs. Ndlela, whom Absalom was supposedly staying with.
5) Stephen makes his way to 105 End Street in Sophiatown, but Mrs. Ndlela tells him that Absalom is now staying with Mrs. Mkize at 79 Twenty-third Avenue in Alexandra.
6) Mrs. Mkize tells Stephen that she does not know where Absalom is. However, she confesses that Absalom knows the taxi driver Hlabeni. When Stephen questions Hlabeni, the latter tells him that Absalom is now in Shanty Town, Orlando.
7) Stephen makes his way to Shanty Town in Orlando. There, a nurse tells him and Msimangu that Absalom used to stay with the Hlatshwayos in one of the houses there. At the Hlatshwayos, the lady of the house tells Stephen that Absalom was sent away to a reformatory.
8) Stephen makes his way to the reformatory, and the school official tells Stephen that Absalom is now living with his pregnant girlfriend in Pimville. However, Stephen does not find Absalom there.
9) Stephen pauses his search for Absalom. He visits the House for the Blind at Ezenzeleni with Msimangu.
10) Stephen is told that Absalom is in prison for killing Arthur Jarvis. So, Stephen makes his way to the prison in Johannesburg and reunites with Absalom.
11) Stephen goes to Pimville to meet with Absalom's pregnant girlfriend. There, he convinces her to marry Absalom and to move in with the Kumalo family.
12) In Chapter 25, Stephen meets James Jarvis (Arthur Jarvis's father) in Springs.
The story ends with Stephen returning to Ndotsheni after he discovers that Absalom will definitely be hanged for Arthur Jarvis's murder.
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