Parts of the story are closely based on actual historical events and on folktales recorded by Bishop Henry Callaway and others.
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Their territory was annexed peacefully to the Cape Colony in 1884: missionary work had already begun in 1873 on the initiative of Henry Callaway, Bishop of St John's Kaffraria.