Buuxi weedha soo socota: Theophilus Shepstone wuxuu ku dhashay Westbury-on-Trym oo u dhow Bristol, England. Markii uu saddex jir ahaa aabihiis, Rev. William Theophilus, wuxuu u haajiray Cape Colony. Young Shepstone wuxuu wax ku bartay saldhigga howlgalka ee uu aabihii ka shaqeeyay, wiilka wuxuu ku bartay luuqadaha asaliga ah ee Koonfur Afrika, xaalad go'aamisay xirfadiisa. Waxaa ku
Dagaalkii Xhosa ee 1835 wuxuu u adeegay turjubaan xarunta dhexe ee shaqaalaha guddoomiyaha, Sir Benjamin d'Urban, dhammaadkii ololaha wuxuu ku hadhay xadka isagoo u shaqeeya wakiilka beelaha maxalliga ah.