From which language do we get the word palaver?
Palaver sauce Palaver sauce Palaver sauce or palava sauce or plasas is a type of stew widely eaten in West Africa, including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The word "palaver" comes from the Portuguese language and means a talk, lengthy debate or quarrel. It is unclear how this led to the name of the stew. One theory is that when the stew was first made, with long, ropey greens, people would start quarrels by slapping each other with the greens from their stew. Another is that the spices used in the stew mingle together like raised voices in an argument. It
Palaver (1926 film) Palaver (1926 film) Palaver is a 1926 silent film shot in British Nigeria, recognized as the first Nigerian feature film. The film was significant for its use of non-professional local Nigerians as actors. While not a box-office success, it was to prove significant in the larger history of Nigerian cinema. The film portrays conflicts between a British District Officer and a local tin miner which lead to war. Later commentators have classified "Palaver" amongst other colonial films which claimed the "beneficent influence of the white man in Africa." Barkas himself, in interviews about his work, referred to his casting from