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Nalla was nineteen when her short happy life changed forever. She and her husband, Mosi, had one child, a three-year-old boy. They were of the Luba tribe and lived in a village in the southern part of the Kingdom of Kongo.
It was English and they were Americans.
Trench warfare against rich, ruthless corporations had stripped him of any semblance of timidity or diplomacy.
adverse possession’?
If you squat on property that’s not yours for at least seven years, then you can claim ownership by adverse possession.
She had nothing but the curse. Nalla’s curse.
When the bowl was empty, the curse was complete. Woe to any white man who ventured onto their island.
Her claim of ownership was based on the legal principle of adverse possession.