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Bonkers African Tribe in Scottish Woodland Claiming Ancestral Rights

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ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 09:14

I mean at best this story is utterly bonkers. A pair of chancers with a string of scams behind them and a now dropped child cruelty charge, set up home in private Shottish woodland claiming the land was stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago. There's not a shred of evidence to substantiate this claim.

The so called Kingdom of Kubala. One from Ghana, one from Zimbabwe and one from Texas, I mean that's a pretty wide Ancestral gene base for them all to have been descended from, but hey ho.

Headed by career scammer Kofi Offeh and his dodgy as fuck partner Jean Gasho, aka King Atehehe and Queen Nandi, earlier this year they paid for a one way ticket to fly a vulnerable 21 year old Texan girl named Kaura Taylor to the UK who became their so called handmaiden 'Asnat'. Her family claim they started grooming the aspiring lawyer online when she was 19. This is blatant coersion and control being played out on the national news.

After being evicted from private land they set up another camp just over the fence on council land making a mockery of the authorities and seem untouchable. They have now been evicted for a second time. There is a whole history of the two main characters being involved in scams of one kind or another, in one of which they claim to be millionaires and in May this year they flew over their equally delusional 'Handmaiden' from Texas to keep their tent clean for them. Millionaires who live in the bushes and will only speak to reporters in exchange for offerings or Irn Bru and Tunnocks Tea Cakes it seems.

The poor girl seems utterly brainwashed. Her mother is now pleading with the authorities to deport her daughter back to America. How exactly has this farce been allowed to continue in a Scottish Woodland for so long? Surely there's an immigration issue at the very least with the young girl this bonkers King and Queen paid to fly over to the UK? I mean can anyone just fly over from Texas and stay here indefinitely?

This whole tale is absolute madness. I mean what the actual fuck? Am I being unreasonable or should this whole shit show have been stamped on months ago & the 21 year old been put on a flight straight back home to keep her away from this pair of freaks? My greatest worry with her is these scammers will bring her straight back here to continue coercing and controlling her as soon as she is returned home.

Madness.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3yp4rvp18o

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Ablondiebutagoody · 02/10/2025 09:36

Live and let live. I can't really get worked up about 3 people camping.

PraisebetoGod · 02/10/2025 09:42

It is bonkers and it gave me a good laugh to read about but really in the scheme of things does it matter?

Jamesblonde2 · 02/10/2025 09:42

They’re mental and deluded. Not a great combination. They’ve lived in other parts of the UK and are well known to the authorities. They used to preach on High Streets. At least in the woods they’re not disturbing people (other than terrifying dog walkers). It’ll be freezing soon, that might winkle them out of the woods and back to the towns, where they’ll harass people again.

WarriorN · 02/10/2025 09:44

We were up that way in the summer; they were living apparently a stones throw away.

we couldn’t believe it was real but I had huge concerns for the women.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 02/10/2025 09:45

PraisebetoGod · 02/10/2025 09:42

It is bonkers and it gave me a good laugh to read about but really in the scheme of things does it matter?

I think it matters if a vulnerable young woman is being coercively controlled and potentially exploited.

We don't yet know the full story but I am inclined to believe the young woman's mother.

Bringitonicancope · 02/10/2025 09:53

Well I knew about thei story and had read a little bit about it and it's very very strange.
But I do take issue with your thread title " Bonkers African Tribe" because it just reeks of racism.

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 09:55

WarriorN · 02/10/2025 09:44

We were up that way in the summer; they were living apparently a stones throw away.

we couldn’t believe it was real but I had huge concerns for the women.

The poor American girl believes she was spirited to the UK by a divine form of transport 😳

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LoveWine123 · 02/10/2025 09:55

Why do you care? You've written a whole literary work on the topic.

LoveItaly · 02/10/2025 09:55

Ablondiebutagoody · 02/10/2025 09:36

Live and let live. I can't really get worked up about 3 people camping.

I bet you would if it was in your back garden or just outside your house.

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 09:56

Bringitonicancope · 02/10/2025 09:53

Well I knew about thei story and had read a little bit about it and it's very very strange.
But I do take issue with your thread title " Bonkers African Tribe" because it just reeks of racism.

Edited

It is bonkers.

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ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 09:57

LoveWine123 · 02/10/2025 09:55

Why do you care? You've written a whole literary work on the topic.

And you read it. 😂

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LoveWine123 · 02/10/2025 09:58

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 09:57

And you read it. 😂

The first paragraph and then I gave up. I was intrigued by the title but it didn't match the content, sorry 😂

Boap · 02/10/2025 09:59

I’ve dipped into this TikTok hole recently, absolutely nuts cult like behavior from a pair of abusers, I worry for the young American woman.

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:00

LoveWine123 · 02/10/2025 09:58

The first paragraph and then I gave up. I was intrigued by the title but it didn't match the content, sorry 😂

Why don’t you care about the brazen coercive control of a vulnerable person who is clearly being exploited? We all should. It’s disgusting,

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NicolaSturgeon · 02/10/2025 10:00

Embdy can be Scottish. Except when Westminster stops them.

LoveWine123 · 02/10/2025 10:00

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:00

Why don’t you care about the brazen coercive control of a vulnerable person who is clearly being exploited? We all should. It’s disgusting,

You show care by writing a post on a forum?

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:02

Boap · 02/10/2025 09:59

I’ve dipped into this TikTok hole recently, absolutely nuts cult like behavior from a pair of abusers, I worry for the young American woman.

I did too. It really is completely nuts and they are clearly abusers. I thought we had a certain view on that sort of behaviour on here but a lot of people seem quite relaxed at this coercive behaviour. I also worry about the American girl.

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Ablondiebutagoody · 02/10/2025 10:02

LoveItaly · 02/10/2025 09:55

I bet you would if it was in your back garden or just outside your house.

Correct. But they're in the woods. I used to enjoy a bit of wild camping too when I was younger.

PraisebetoGod · 02/10/2025 10:02

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 02/10/2025 09:45

I think it matters if a vulnerable young woman is being coercively controlled and potentially exploited.

We don't yet know the full story but I am inclined to believe the young woman's mother.

Absolutely we don't have the full story so how on earth have you decided that the mothers version is correct?

Kerrisk · 02/10/2025 10:02

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:00

Why don’t you care about the brazen coercive control of a vulnerable person who is clearly being exploited? We all should. It’s disgusting,

But why not call your thread ‘Vulnerable US immigrant exploited by scam artists’ then?

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:03

LoveWine123 · 02/10/2025 10:00

You show care by writing a post on a forum?

And how are you showing care?

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Bringitonicancope · 02/10/2025 10:03

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 09:56

It is bonkers.

It is one thing to call a story " bonkers" .
It's totally another to call people " "bonkers".
And to call a tribe of people defined by their nationality " bonkers" smacks of racism.

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:04

Kerrisk · 02/10/2025 10:02

But why not call your thread ‘Vulnerable US immigrant exploited by scam artists’ then?

Why don’t you let other posters decide what to call their threads? Stop being coercive.

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ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:05

Bringitonicancope · 02/10/2025 10:03

It is one thing to call a story " bonkers" .
It's totally another to call people " "bonkers".
And to call a tribe of people defined by their nationality " bonkers" smacks of racism.

And it’s bonkers that these people actually think they are a lost African tribe. Next? Why don’t you all stop attacking the poster and perhaps have an opinion on the actual story?

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Bringitonicancope · 02/10/2025 10:08

ClutchingPearlz · 02/10/2025 10:05

And it’s bonkers that these people actually think they are a lost African tribe. Next? Why don’t you all stop attacking the poster and perhaps have an opinion on the actual story?

I've given my opinion on the story: that from what I'd read about it it's very very strange.
But I don't go around calling people "bonkers".

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