THE U.S. PURCHASED LAND FROM RUSSIA.

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

RIGHTS TO DUMP TREATED SEWAGE AND HOW MUCH IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE.

LAND OWNED BY FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE IS RECLAIMED BY ZIMBABWEANS.

THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.

PALESTINE. PHILISTINE'L ARABIA.

BOSNIA, SERBIA, ALBANIA, MACEDONIA, CROATIA, MONTENEGRO.

BASQUE SEPARATISTS.

BRETAGNE.

BRITISH & FRENCH CANADA.

THE ABORIGINES.

THE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATION.

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

THE BEDOUINS OF SIRTE.

TRIPOLITANIA.

MALI, MAURITANIA, SENEGAL.

ETC. GO FIGURE.

>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: State Land?
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:02:54 EDT
>
>Thank you Habib for this contrubution,and it is good to hear from you again.
>You are indeed right when you remind us that we cannot take anything with us
>when we die.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
>In a message dated 7/5/2001 10:36:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
><< Jabou,
>This is an issue that is so complicated that even the government does not
>have the right answers. Lands office (to the best of my own personal
>knowledge) controls only "Tubab Banko" ie post colonial era where the
>Europeans colonizers set up their colonial rule. The rest is up to the local
>chiefs who controlled their districts. There were a few citizens who were
>given "free hold lands" from the colonial masters which means that the state
>no longer has any say in those lands except some proprty taxes. This is
>different with the" leasehold lands " which is state owned and they are
>usually leased only for 99 years which most people in Banjul and the kombos
>currently have. The State Government has a right to reassign or renew the
>leased land after that 99 years lease expires but it cannot do so with Free
>hold land owners.
>It is complicated when you have third parties who purchase properties without
>renewing the old lease from the previous owners ( who may have used up 30 or
>50 years from the original 99 years) .
>On a final note , this land issue has caused tribal wars in Africa, the
>Arabian peninsula, and many parts of Asia when the current settlers claim
>land that belong to the original tribes because they have been around for a
>substantial period of time. The issue of "Surgas" who work on your farm land
>for free and can use a portion for themselves as pay is another gray area
>that is a potential bomb if the children of those "surgas" grow up and become
>part of the village.
>In Nigeria almost all the tribal wars in Ogoni land vs the neighboring Uroba
>tribe erupts almost every year when it is time to clear up the bushes for new
>farm land.
>I hope you can see the picture more clearly but I welcome any contributors
>who can add or correct me if I am wrong.
>My take on this is basic and I hope that some on the G-L would nt feel
>offended by the religious remark I am about to make. I feel that if we follow
>the Quran and the laws of God in all the main religions and accept the fact
>that we do not really own anything in this world and just passing through a
>lot of this land issue would not be so controversial because when we die we
>do not take anything with us not even the land we are buried on.
>I commend your on all your contributions and due to my busy travelling
>schedule I am no longer active on the G-L because of time constraints.
>With best regards,
>Habib Diab Ghanim
> >>
>
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