Pio Gama Pinto: Kenya's Unsung Martyr. 1927 - 1965

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Pio Gama Pinto was born in Kenya on March 31, 1927. He was assassinated in Nairobi on February 24, 1965. In his short life, he became a symbol of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles in Kenya and India. He was actively involved in Goa's struggle against Portuguese colonialism and in Mau Mau during Kenya's war of independence. For this, he was detained by the British colonial authorities in Kenya from 1954-59. His contribution to the struggle for liberation for working people spanned two continents - Africa and Asia. And it covered two phases of imperialism - colonialism in Kenya and Goa and neo-colonialism in Kenya after independence. His enemies saw no way of stopping the intense, lifelong struggle waged by Pinto - except through an assassin's bullets. But his contribution, his ideas, and his ideals are remembered and upheld even today by people active in liberation struggles. This book does not aim or claim to be a comprehensive record on Pio Gama Pinto, just the beginning of the long journey necessary to record the history of Kenya from an anti-imperialist perspective. It introduces readers to voices of many people who have written about Pinto to build up as clear a picture of Pinto as possible. In that spirit, it seeks to make history available to those whose story it is - people of Kenya, Africa and progressive people around the world. Cover Title page Copyright page Message from Emma Gama Pinto Contents List of Illustrations Dedication Acknowledgements Preface - No Easy Journey to Publishing Pinto INTRODUCTION - Pheroze Nowrojee: A Threefold Cord to Independence The Unsung Martyr Shiraz Durrani: Pio Gama Pinto Lived and Died for Revolutionary Change Contents List of Illustrations Pinto, the Hand Behind the Curtain The Struggles Against Portuguese Colonialism in Goa Return to Kenya: The Radical-Moderate Struggle Some Key Aspects of Pinto’s Work The Complete Man The Land Issue Information and Communication for Resistance The anti-imperialist socialist The Internationalist Mau Mau and Trade Unions Politics, Ideology and Organisation The Class Activist: “Organised Violence the Only Answer” Pinto Must Die An Enemy of Neo-colonialism Rosario de Gama Pinto’s Struggle for Truth Not the End References and Bibliography Willy Mutunga (2018): Celebrating Pio Gama Pinto Angelo Faria Remembers Pinto (2018) Rosario Da Gama Pinto (2015): Pio, My Brother Firoze Manji (2015): Tribute to Pio Gama Pinto Pio Gama Pinto, 1926-1965 (2005) - Compiled by Awaaz Magazine Kamoji Wachira (2005): Gama-Pinto, the Linkman Dinesh Singh (1975): Pio - Son of India Malcolm MacDonald (1975): Pio Pinto Lord Fenner Brockway (1974): Pio Makhan Singh (1965): The Assassination of Pio Gama Pinto Joseph Murumbi (2015): Pio Gama Pinto: Nationalist and Freedom Fighter Pinto in his Own Words Pio Gama Pinto (1963): A Detainee’s Life Story. MR. P. G. PINTO: A DETAINEE’S LIFE STORY (By HIMSELF) Pio Gama Pinto (1963): To All KANU Members of the House Pio Gama Pinto (1963): Glimpses of Kenya’s Nationalist Struggle Pinto – A Selection of Quotes Pinto seen through his correspondence Pio Gama Pinto to Fenner Brockway (12-01-1953) Pio Gama Pinto to Fenner Brockway (14-01-1953) Pinto to Brockway: 18-01-1953 Pinto to Murumbi: 07-01-1961 Pinto’s handwritten notes Selected Points from Pinto’s Correspondence with Lord Fenner Brockway Emma Gama Pinto’s Perspective: Life with and without Pio Emma Gama Pinto: Remembering Pio Emma Gama Pinto interviewed by Frederick Noronha (2000) Emma Gama Pinto in Conversation with Benegal Pereira (2012) DOCUMENTATION Pio Gama Pinto: Independent Kenya’s First Martyr, Socialist and Freedom Fighter (1966) Pio Gama Pinto: Report of the Truth, Justice & Reconciliation Commission (2013) Pio Gama Pinto, The Patriotic Journalist (IOJ, 1965) Pinto seen by others - Selected Quotes Pio Gama Pinto: A Timeline Pio Gama Pinto: A Photo Story Back cover