In episode 15, Nilo and Jen are joined by author Gordon Grice to discuss African lion attacks. They swap stories that span more than a century and several countries, including the “man-eaters of Tsavo,” and then debate the merits of two films based on those notorious attacks: Bwana Devil (1953) and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Along the way, they also touch on the follies of colonialism and briefly review Prey (2007) and the 1978 made-for-TV movie The Beasts are on the Streets!

You can find Gordon at https://www.facebook.com/Gordon-Grice-245896990423/ and http://www.GordonGrice.com

Sources:

Michael Bright, Man-Eaters

James Clarke, Man Is the Prey

Paolo Israel, “The War of Lions: Witch-Hunts, Occult Idioms and Post-Socialism in Northern Mozambique,” Journal of Southern African Studies 35.1 (2009).

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tsavo-man-eaters-lions

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/man-eater-of-mfuwe/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-most-ferocious-man-eating-lions-2577288/#qrEwW2p8SSzzHDU0.99

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/man-eaters-of-tsavo-11614317/

https://www.newsweek.com/three-poachers-eaten-lions-after-breaking-game-reserve-hunt-rhinos-1009155

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/07/710840965/suspected-rhino-poacher-killed-by-elephant-eaten-by-pride-of-lions-in-south-afri

https://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/video-lion-tamer-attacked-during-circus-performance-in-ukraine/5238227/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/lioness-manes/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_term=20190422&utm_content=2258310263&utm_campaign=NOVA+Next&linkId=66292976