In "The Limitations of Pambe Serang", Kipling identified "three great doors in the world where, if you stand long enough, you shall meet any one you wish." One of those doors was said to be "the Nyanza Docks".
At http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_limitspambe_notes.htm, I found the following note: "Nyanza Docks there are no docks of this name in London, but there is a Nyanza Street in Woolwich, London S.E.18."
JP Collins, in an article in (1939) 7 Kipling Journal 8, locates "the Nyanza Docks" in Africa and says that it links a water route with a railway.
On the shores of Lake Victoria, there's the city of Kisumu, Kenya (formerly Port Florence). It has a rail link to Mombasa, Kenya, which is on the ocean.
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanza, nyanza is the Bantu word for lake, including Victoria Nyanza (Lake Victoria).
Doing the best I can, I'm guessing that the Nyanza Docks to which Kipling was referring were in Port Florence.
Since I know nothing about Kipling, I could well have this all wrong.
I'd appreciate any guidance.
Leslie
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