Editing Jomo Kenyatta (section)

===World War II: 1939–1945===

{{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|quote="In the last war 300,000 of my people fought in the British Army to drive the Germans from East Africa and 60,000 of them lost their lives. In this war large numbers of my people have been fighting to smash fascist power in Africa and have borne some of the hardest fights against the Italians. Surely if we are considered fit enough to take our rifles and fight side by side with white men we have a right to a direct say in the running of our country and to education."|source= —Kenyatta, during World War II{{sfn|Murray-Brown|1974|p=211}} }}

After the United Kingdom entered [[World War II]] in September 1939, Kenyatta and Stock moved to the [[Sussex]] village of [[Storrington]].{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=209|2a1=Berman|2a2=Lonsdale|2y=1998|2p=35|3a1=Maloba|3y=2018|3p=81}} Kenyatta remained there for the duration of the war, renting a flat and a small plot of land to grow vegetables and raise chickens.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=210|2a1=Maloba|2y=2018|2p=81}} He settled into rural Sussex life,{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=214|2a1=Maloba|2y=2018|2p=81}} and became a regular at the village pub, where he gained the nickname "Jumbo".{{sfnm|1a1=Archer|1y=1969|1p=58|2a1=Arnold|2y=1974|2p=30|3a1=Maloba|3y=2018|3p=81}} In August 1940, he took a job at a local farm as an agricultural worker—allowing him to evade [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|military conscription]]—before working in the tomato greenhouses at [[Lindfield, West Sussex|Lindfield]].{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=211|2a1=Arnold|2y=1974|2p=30|3a1=Maloba|3y=2018|3p=81}} He attempted to join the local [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]], but was turned down.{{sfn|Murray-Brown|1974|p=211}} On 11 May 1942 he married an English woman, Edna Grace Clarke, at [[Register office (United Kingdom)|Chanctonbury Registry Office]].{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=214|2a1=Maloba|2y=2018|2p=84}} In August 1943, their son, Peter Magana, was born.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=214|2a1=Maloba|2y=2018|2p=84}}

Intelligence services continued monitoring Kenyatta, noting that he was politically inactive between 1939 and 1944.{{sfn|Maloba|2018|p=85}} In Sussex, he wrote an essay for the United Society for Christian Literature, ''My People of Kikuyu and the Life of Chief Wangombe'', in which he called for his tribe's political independence.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=212|2a1=Berman|2a2=Lonsdale|2y=1998|2p=35|3a1=Lonsdale|3y=2006|3p=95}} He also began—although never finished—a novel partly based on his life experiences.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=211|2a1=Berman|2a2=Lonsdale|2y=1998|2p=35}} He continued to give lectures around the country, including to groups of East African soldiers stationed in Britain.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=211|2a1=Maloba|2y=2018|2pp=83–84}} He became frustrated by the distance between him and Kenya, telling Edna that he felt "like a general separated by 5000 miles from his troops".{{sfn|Murray-Brown|1974|pp=216–217}} While he was absent, Kenya's authorities banned the KCA in 1940.{{sfn|Murray-Brown|1974|pp=209–210}}

Kenyatta and other senior IASB members began planning the fifth [[Pan-African Congress]], held in Manchester in October 1945.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=219|2a1=Assensoh|2y=1998|2p=54|3a1=Maloba|3y=2018|3p=85}} They were assisted by [[Kwame Nkrumah]], a [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] (Ghanaian) who arrived in Britain earlier that year.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=219|2a1=Assensoh|2y=1998|2p=53}} Kenyatta spoke at the conference, although made no particular impact on the proceedings.{{sfn|Murray-Brown|1974|pp=220–221}} Much of the debate that took place centred on whether indigenous Africans should continue pursuing a gradual campaign for independence or whether they should seek the military overthrow of the European imperialists.{{sfn|Murray-Brown|1974|p=220}} The conference ended with a statement declaring that while delegates desired a peaceful transition to African self-rule, Africans "as a last resort, may have to appeal to force in the effort to achieve Freedom".{{sfn|Murray-Brown|1974|pp=220–221}} Kenyatta supported this resolution, although was more cautious than other delegates and made no open commitment to violence.{{sfnm|Murray-Brown|1974|p=221|2a1=Assensoh|2y=1998|2pp=54–55}} He subsequently authored an IASB pamphlet, ''Kenya: The Land of Conflict'', in which he blended political calls for independence with romanticised descriptions of an idealised pre-colonial African past.{{sfnm|1a1=Murray-Brown|1y=1974|1p=221|2a1=Berman|2a2=Lonsdale|2y=1998|2p=37}}