Mwana wa banja lachizungu la Chingerezi amasiyidwa pamene makolo ake amamwalira m'nkhalango za Africa. Adapulumutsidwa ndikuleredwa ndi apes, amaphunzira kulankhula chinenero chawo ndikutsanzira luso lawo loyenda mofulumira kupyola mumtunda.

John ndi Alice Clayton, Earl ndi Countess wa Greystoke wochokera ku England, amawombera m'mapiri a kumadzulo kwa nyanja ya equatorial Africa mu 1888. Patapita nthaŵi, mwana wawo John Clayton II anabadwa. Ali ndi chaka chimodzi amayi ake amamwalira, ndipo posakhalitsa pambuyo pake bambo ake akuphedwa ndi apamwamba a mfumu. Mwanayo amatengedwa ndi she-ape Kala. Akuukitsidwa osadziwa za cholowa chake cha umunthu.