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indaba
Wiktionary
n. 1 An important conference held by leaders of the Zulu and Xhosa peoples of South Africa. 2 (context South African English English) A problem, a concern.
WordNet
n. a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question
Wikipedia
An indaba (pronounced in-dar-bah) is an important conference held by the izinDuna (principal men) of the Zulu or Xhosa peoples of South Africa. (Such meetings are also practiced by the Swazi, who refer to them using the close cognate indzaba.) These indabas may include only the izinDuna of a particular community or may be held with representatives of other communities.
The term comes from a Zulu language word, meaning "business" or "matter".
Usage examples of "indaba".
Now they were almost pathetically eager to pour out their grievances to him, like petitioners at a tribal indaba where cases were heard and judgement handed down by the elders of the tribe.
In the time of the kings, a lesser woman would have been Weared to death for daring to approach an indaba such as this.
The old and una rose and faced them, and then, because this was an indaba of the most weighty consequences, he began to recite the history of the Matabele nation.
He had a message sent to the chiefs inviting them to an indaba, and presently word was brought back that an indaba was called for the next day at noon.
This was all to our advantage, as it removed from the coming indaba the most irreconcilable of the chiefs.
They have had an indaba in the hills, all the indunas have spoken, and there is only one way.
It was an easy and congenial walk from there, through the gardens, past State House itself, to the indaba tree.
This was one of the informal councils, which they called indaba, that had become a tradition of camp life over the months.
Two women were quickly delegated to start the cooking fire and the rest of the field women settled down around the indaba mats, taking care not to touch even the tiniest part of the edge.
When the news spread that the Tadpole Angel would be directing the people in the singing indaba, it was immediately assumed the concert had a mystical significance and I had chosen this time to meet all of the people.
I will call an indaba of general officers this evening to discuss things in detail.
Mungo found himself impatient with the necessity of trying to explain his actions to this silent unresponsive throng of half-naked savages, for he had already repeated this same warning at thirty other indabas across Matabeleland.
The pounding of the tribes, like corn between the grinding stones of the imp is Once Inkunzi had proved his worth and established his place high in the hierarchy of the band, he joined quite naturally in the indabas around the campfire.
Was he not the spirit of the great chief who bound Zulu with the Swazi and the Ndebele and the Tsonga and the Sotho so that they all sat on one mat in a great singing indaba?