Uganda Railway - Books and Movies

Books and Movies

  • Halkin, John, 1986, Kenya, New York, Beaufort Books: A novel focusing on the construction of the railroad and its defence during the First World War

Man-eating lions at Tsavo during the construction of the Uganda Railway feature in books:

  • Coates, Frank, 2005, Beyond Mombasa
  • Patterson, J.H., 1907, The Man-eaters of Tsavo

and movies:

  • Bwana Devil, (1952)
  • The Ghost and the Darkness, (1996)

Films:

  • The Permanent Way is based on the building of the railway fom Mombasa, through Kenya, to Uganda.
  • Out of Africa (1985) shows the railway in many of its scenes

Books:

  • Amin, Mohamed, Railway Across Equator
  • Bandopadhyay, Bibhutibhushan, Chander Pahar, a Bengali novel
  • Hill, M.F., Permanent Way Vol 1: official history

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