Palaver (custom)

In Africa, the palaver is a custom of meeting, and of creating or maintaining social links.

This is the case of the Toguna (variable spelling: togouna, to'guna), in Dogon Country, Mali, a low-roofed structure reserved for men,[3] built that way so that no one can stand up and try to take the upper hand in a fight.

In his autobiography, Nelson Mandela, who was born in Transkei to a Xhosa family, cites the tribal meetings that were held regularly at the Great Mansion.

Une juridiction de la parole" (1997), among the Fangs and the Bulu of Central Africa, the palaver takes place within a guardhouse called Aba.

In the past, the Aba was considered the House of Men and was the place par excellence for public debate.