'African tribe' move camp over small fence during eviction from Jedburgh woodland

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In the Scottish Borders, a self-proclaimed “African tribe” has been forced to move their camp just meters away from their original location after being evicted from privately-owned land. Sheriff officers entered the makeshift encampment in woodland near Jedburgh at 08:00 while the three members of the group, known as the Kingdom of Kubala, were still asleep. Despite formal attempts to remove them from the land, the tribe had been living in the wood for several weeks before being moved.

The eviction order was issued by Sheriff Peter Paterson last week after the group ignored a previous instruction to leave the camp. The group claimed they were reclaiming land stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago, but the local council deemed their actions as breaking the law. The Kingdom of Kubala has garnered a significant online following, with over 100,000 followers on platforms like TikTok and Facebook, leading to global media attention.

Ghanaian Kofi Offeh, 36, and Jean Gasho, 42, along with “handmaiden” Kaura Taylor, made up the trio who moved their camp to a new site just a short distance away. The eviction, carried out by sheriff officers with police support, involved dismantling tents and packing up possessions. The tribe then relocated on the other side of a wire fence, where they declined to comment when questioned by BBC Scotland about the incident.

Despite being initially evicted from the hillside site above Jedburgh in July, the Kingdom of Kubala moved further out of town to a woodland near an industrial estate. The land’s owners, David and Mary Palmer, successfully obtained a court order for the eviction, as the group refused to comply with previous requests to leave. Scottish Borders Council reiterated that the group was in violation of the law by occupying the land of others, with councilor Scott Hamilton expressing disappointment at their lack of cooperation

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