The Last Train from Mombasa is a graphic, richly symbolic excursion into modern Africa in which western sensibilities encounter the continent in all its travail and promise. Exemplifying Africa's lush beauty and potential, an exotic native translator named Wangetha Wachira captivates Alain Sardou, who is a French journalist on assignment to Kenya. Before long they are pitted against the machinations of her jealous former lover, Robidi Amimuga, the corrupt, diabolical High Commissioner of Zimugabwa, once heralded for his revolutionary past. Unfolding against the backdrop of Africa's magnificent landscape and wildlife, their plight draws a disgruntled former American Marine and Wangetha's own prodigal brother into an uneasy alliance with Sardou against Amimuga and his cohorts. Poignant glimpses of the struggles of ordinary Africans and the spiritual and emotional currents of their lives are woven into the narrative to complete its rich tapestry of sounds and colors.