Palava Hut Discussion:
How Much Does It Still Influence Our Decisions?, By Guest Contributor Alaskai Moore Johnson

Published:  08 May, 2008

I am told most of the disputes in olden-day Africa, especially Liberia, were settled under the 'Palava Hut' by chiefs, elders and other influential citizens in towns and villages. Also under the same hut, these people had to reach some hard decisions for the well-being of their subjects to remain safe. But certain period in our history, power-hungry men, who claimed that they were excluded from the decision-making process, bypassed this process. They further claimed that they were coming under the banner of liberation when they instead unleashed carnage on the peace-loving people of Liberia; thereby destroying a practice we upheld until the madness came in.

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