The claim for the land comes from the Navy of Brazil, that intends to broaden a condo for its officers in that territory, in the border area between Salvador and Simões Filho, state of Bahia... Descendants of original peoples from Africa who, during colonialism, were taken from their land to become slaves in Brazil, the Quilombolas now see themselves under threat of losing their homes again, despite their right to the land they inhabit enshrined in the constitution. 
Dai la kuwanyang’anya ardhi linakuja kutoka kwa jeshi la Brazil, ambalo linakusudia kuongeza makazi kwa maafisa wake katika eneo hilo, mpakani mwa eneo la Salvado na Simoes Filho, katika jimbo la Bahia… Uzao wa watu wa asili ya Afrika ambao wakati wa ukoloni, walichukuliwa kutoka kwenye nchi yao kuwa watumwa nchini Brazil, wa-Quilmbola sasa wanajiona kwenye tishio jingine la kupoteza nyumba zao, pamoja na haki waliyonayo ya kumiliki ardhi wanayoishi inayolindwa na katiba ya nchi.