Editorial : Class Struggle in Kenya
Class Struggle in Kenya and the Search for ‘Uhuru’ is the title of the first article in this issue of The Kenya Socialist. It is a review of Two Paths Ahead1 by Tom Odhiambo, which first appeared in the Saturday Nation of April 1, 2023. No, it was not an April Fool’s...
In This Issue:
Poems
Fahamu Matendo ya wengi yamefanya naning'inia kwa iman Taarifa humu zaninyima hamu maishani Ila ujasiri wako wanipa tabasamu Jitihada zako za utu zanipa matumaini na binadamu Fahamu Udhabiti wako ndio nguzo ya msukumo wangu Na uaminifu wako ni chanzo cha raha kwangu...
Pio Gama Pinto – Timeline of References
Pinto, Pio Gama (1963): Glimpses of Kenya’s Nationalist Struggle. Pan Africa. 12-12-1963. Also published as a monograph: Nowrojee, Viloo and Edward Miller (Editors, 2014): Glimpses of Kenya’s Nationalist Struggle by Pio Gama Pinto. Nairobi: Asian African Heritage...
Pio Gama Pinto: Legacy of Resistance in Kenya (PowerPoint)
Celebrating the Life and Work of Pio Gama Pinto
An Exhibition at the Nairobi National Gallery, March-June 2023 In 2005, AwaaZ Magazine featured Pio Gama Pinto as its cover story titled ‘Independent Kenya’s First Martyr’. The democratic space which evolved after the 2002 non-violent overthrow of the Moi dictatorship...
Trade Unions as the Motive Force for Resistance in Kenya, 1900-1950
Introduction The history of Kenya is not complete without the history of trade unions, which made it clear that Kenya was a class-divided country — a fact that colonialism and imperialism wanted to hide by creating an impression of a race-divided country. The trade...