Boran

**Highest Placing Member**: Ethan (Sole Survivor/24)

Boran was a tribe from Survivor: Africa.

There were a number of tight partnerships that were established within the two rival alliances on the original Boran tribe. This mistrust was set aside during the tribe switch when the original castaways agreed to work with each other, though their unity was short-lived. Their tribe colour was gold.

## Tribe History

The gold Boran tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Africa*. Over the course of the first few days, Fenella and Shonee (known as 'Shonella') bonded as the weaker women of the tribe and formed a Final Two deal. Similarly, Heath and Tegan formed their own Final Two deal because of their bond as parents. These two pairs joined forces and brought in Benji to create a strong alliance of five. Meanwhile, another strong alliance of five was forming between Dean, Ethan, Palesa, Sophie and Tom to counteract these duos. This left David and Sharn as outsiders of the tribe and the two key alliances, where they created their own Final Two deal and closely aligned with Benji. After Boran lost their first immunity challenge on Day 6, Palesa and Tom argued about who they wanted to target and forced their Anti-Pairs Alliance to pick a side between them. They all decided to work with Tom, which forced Palesa to work with David and Sharn. At Boran's first tribal council, the Anti-Pairs Alliance voted for their former ally Palesa but Dean was voted out when the rest of the tribe split the votes between him and Ethan.

    Despite their clear division, Boran worked together as a tribe to win the next two immunity challenges. Heath found the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol during this time, but only shared this information with his closest ally Tegan. On Day 12, both Boran and Samburu were told they would be voting someone out as part of a Double Tribal Council. It was originally decided that the majority alliance of eight would be voting out Ethan. However, Benji was worried that he was the third wheel amongst his core alliance of five. He approached the Anti-Pairs Alliance, where it was decided they would vote for Shonee. Benji then told his allies David, Palesa, Sharn and Shonee that Heath and Tegan were coming after Shonee. At tribal council, Fenella, Heath and Tegan voted for Ethan, the Anti-Pairs Alliance voted for Shonee but the majority alliance blindsided Tegan.

At the tribe switch, David, Ethan, Palesa, Sophie and Tom remained on Boran whilst being joined by Colby, Curtis, Maria and Shelby. The majority of original Boran castaways on this new tribe only grew stronger when Palesa and Tom mended their tumultuous relationship. At their first loss on Day 18, the original Samburu players voted for Palesa but the original Boran castaways had the numbers to eliminate Colby for winning two previous pre-merge individual immunity challenges. David and Heath were placed on opposite tribes during this switch, but communicated through the challenges because of their tight original alliance. At the immunity challenge on Day 22, Heath decided to give his Hidden Immunity Idol to David as a sign of trust. After losing subsequent challenge, Palesa and Tom approached the original Samburu players with the prospect of blindsiding a Boran. However, Tom was voted out when Curtis and Shelby relayed this information to David, Ethan and Sophie. Boran won the following immunity challenge before the two tribes merged on Day 25.