After touring some parts of Europe, including Russia in 1930, he returned to Kenya to fight cases of female circumcision together with the Scottish Mission. So this fgm fight began long ago, yet some communities still practice it. He supported the idea of independent schools.

In 1931, he again went to England to present a written petition to parliament. It is during this time that he met India's Mahatma Gandhi in November 1932. After giving evidence before the Morris Carter Commission, he proceeded to Moscow to study Economics at the invitation of George Padmore, a radical West Indian.
And James Joken went to Russia? Was it secretive that he had to change names?
He was forced to return to Britain by 1933 when Padmore fell out with the Russians and he continued with political campaigns in the UK.
Now this is the hustling period during which he took up acting
During the gold rush, land in Kakamega reserve was being distributed to settlers, something which angered Kenyatta causing him to speak about Britain's injustice. It is for this reason that the British dubbed him a communist. He taught Gikuyu at the University College, London and also wrote a book on the Kikuyu language in 1937. Under Professor Malinowski, he studied Anthropology at the famous London School of Economics (LSE). In 1938, he published a book entitled "Facing Mount Kenya".