PINTO AND X: OVERLAPPING VISIONS AND FATES

Six decades ago, the African world was robbed of two revolutionary giants. Kenya's freedom fighter Pio Gama Pinto and pan-African revolutionary Malcolm X were assassinated within the space of just three days in February 1965.

In 2024, political activist Sefu Sanni visited Pinto's grave in Nairobi and participated in a memorial gathering to mark the 59th anniversary of the freedom fighter's assassination. In this report, she gives us a rundown of Pinto's revolutionary exploits and the connections he shared with Malcolm X.