{"id":361055,"date":"2025-08-21T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/361055\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:25:14","slug":"missing-texas-woman-found-living-among-lost-african-tribe-in-scotland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/361055\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Texas woman found living among lost \u2018African\u2019 tribe in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/texas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Texas <\/a>woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/missing-persons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reported missing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reported missing<\/a> by her family has been found living among a lost \u201cAfrican\u201d tribe in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/scotland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scottish;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scottish <\/a>forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Texas native Kaura Taylor has been found with the Kingdom of Kubala, a group living in a forest in Jedburgh, about 41 miles south of Edinburgh, that is trying to reclaim land stolen from their ancestors, UK-based media group <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/20\/world-news\/missing-texas-woman-kaura-taylor-found-living-in-lost-african-tribe-in-scotland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SWNS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SWNS<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The group is led by King Atehene, 36, who was once an opera singer under the name Kofi Offeh, his wife, Queen Nandi, and their handmaiden Taylor, who now goes by Asnat, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTo the U.K. authorities, obviously I am not missing,\u201d she said in a video message from the group. \u201cLeave me alone. I am an adult, not a helpless child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s unclear when Taylor was reported missing or why her family was unaware of her location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The group said they\u2019ve been served eviction notices and been targeted in an attack that involved someone setting one of their tents on fire. While they \u201cdon\u2019t recognize local laws,\u201d they say they only follow the rules of their God, who is named Yahowah, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A Texas woman who was reported missing by her family has been found living among a lost \u2018African\u2019 tribe in a Scottish forest, according to a report. (Getty Images\/iStockphoto)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/e07645987982213435a906245e7c2fa9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Texas woman who was reported missing by her family has been found living among a lost \u2018African\u2019 tribe in a Scottish forest, according to a report. (Getty Images\/iStockphoto)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe live a very simple life of returning to innocence,\u201d King Atehene told the outlet. \u201cWe connect to nature. We connect to the trees around us. We get grounded every morning. We bathe in the springwater. We are living a simple life of relying daily on the creator for food, shelter and clothing. We live in a tent without walls, but we are not afraid of anyone, for we have the protection of the creator, Yahowah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to King Atehene, Great Britain says it is tolerant \u2014 but not toward his group, which has \u201csuffered trials and tribulations at the hands of authorities, who do not understand or tolerate,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Kingdom of Kubala claims they are a lost tribe of Hebrews, and that their King descended from David the Messiah, according to the outlet. They say their ancestors were ostracized when Queen Elizabeth I deported native black Jacobites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The group now hopes to bring other \u201clost tribes\u201d back after 400 years, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe follow the laws of the creator, everything belongs to the ones who made it,\u201d King Atehene added. \u201cWe do not believe that any authority owns the land. The earth belongs to the father. We do not know about any eviction. All we know is that we are here to stay and establish our authority and power, just like our ancestors did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued: \u201cThe prophecy said, \u2018after 400 years, when my ancestors are destroyed from the land of Scotland, from the land of Great Britain, they will go into captivity and lose their identity.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBut after 400 years, I will come and bring them back to the land of promise. I am following the ancestral call and the call of the gods. The calling from our creator to embark on this journey, is the most important thing in our life. It is a journey of hope \u2014 a pilgrimage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His wife, Queen Nandi, a 43-year-old born Jean Gasho, wrote on social media that the group had \u201creturned to claim Scotland as our homeland, a land stolen by Elizabeth the first 400 years ago when she deported all black people from Scotland and England, who were not Africans but natives of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJacobites were black, from their ancestor Jacob, Yacobho, a black man. According to our Prophet Atehene, Jerusalem is in Scotland, and that he is the seed and offspring of David, the Messiah. The old world is going, the Second Exodus has begun, only those who live off grid, in Tabernacles will be saved, as we enter the Millennium Kingdom of Kubala, and the world is left behind,\u201d she continued, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was not immediately clear how many people are part of the Kingdom of Kubala and how many are currently living in the forest in Jedburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, Scottish Borders Council says it is \u201cworking with Police Scotland\u201d to manage the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis has included the provision of advice and information about housing options and other support services,\u201d a spokesperson told SWNS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas woman reported missing by her family has been found living among a lost \u201cAfrican\u201d tribe in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,4884,126852,126850,126854,126853,126851,712,369,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-361055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-kaura-taylor","11":"tag-king-atehene","12":"tag-lost-tribe","13":"tag-lost-tribes","14":"tag-queen-nandi","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115064623922869029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}