Comments on: Owners of the African Blogosphere http://grandioseparlor.com/2007/09/owners-of-the-african-blogosphere/ Cogitations on sociopolitical and economic issues focusing on Nigeria & Africa Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:28:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Black River Eagle http://grandioseparlor.com/2007/09/owners-of-the-african-blogosphere/#comment-22714 Black River Eagle Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:37:08 +0000 http://grandioseparlor.com/2007/09/owners-of-the-african-blogosphere/#comment-22714 Glad that you picked this up as well Imnakoya as it was very well written by Daudi and it needed to be said by someone with clout in the Sphere. There is a link to a very interesting 170-page research paper on the history of property rights and land use in Nigeria between 1854 to 1914. Find the following paragraph in my September 14th post: *For detailed information about the history of property rights in 19th Century Nigeria see “The Emergance (or Not) of Property Rights in Land: Southern Nigeria, 1854 to 1914” by James Fenske. Yale University Dept. of Economics has a download of the 170 page document (PDF) at the following URL: Drop me a line when you can find some free time which I understand is becoming increasingly scarce for you...:-) Glad that you picked this up as well Imnakoya as it was very well written by Daudi and it needed to be said by someone with clout in the Sphere.

There is a link to a very interesting 170-page research paper on the history of property rights and land use in Nigeria between 1854 to 1914. Find the following paragraph in my September 14th post:

*For detailed information about the history of property rights in 19th Century Nigeria see “The Emergance (or Not) of Property Rights in Land: Southern Nigeria, 1854 to 1914” by James Fenske. Yale University Dept. of Economics has a download of the 170 page document (PDF) at the following URL:

Drop me a line when you can find some free time which I understand is becoming increasingly scarce for you…:-)

]]> By: John Powers http://grandioseparlor.com/2007/09/owners-of-the-african-blogosphere/#comment-22628 John Powers Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:38:52 +0000 http://grandioseparlor.com/2007/09/owners-of-the-african-blogosphere/#comment-22628 When I make generalizations, generally I make an ass of myself. I loved this bit in that post: "I hope that having disagreements and differences of opinion does not mean we can not sit down together at the end of the debate and appreciate each other." My generalization as a white American is Africans get this idea better than Americans. When I make generalizations, generally I make an ass of myself.

I loved this bit in that post:

“I hope that having disagreements and differences of opinion does not mean we can not sit down together at the end of the debate and appreciate each other.”

My generalization as a white American is Africans get this idea better than Americans.

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