On June 9, 1963, Pio Gama Pinto, a Kenyan journalist, activist, and freedom fighter of Goan-African heritage, returned to Kenya after years in exile. A committed anti-colonial strategist, Pinto had worked with global liberation movements, including India’s Congress and various African liberation fronts. Upon returning, he joined Kenya’s first independent government under Jomo Kenyatta and founded the Pan-Africanist newspaper PanAfrican Press. Pinto advocated socialist policies and solidarity with other oppressed Black and brown peoples worldwide. His return was celebrated by the anti-colonial left, but his radical stance made him a target. He was assassinated in 1965, becoming one of Kenya\’s first post-independence political martyrs.
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