indaba

Historical Examples of indaba

• Well take the grog in and smoke a final pipe or two over our indaba.

  A Secret of the Lebombo

  Bertram Mitford

• Cronje stopped and cantered back again, seeming to hold an indaba with his petty officers.

  The Siege of Mafeking (1900)

  J. Angus Hamilton.

• Bowls of tywala were handed round, and then, sitting in a half circle in front of him, the indaba commenced.

  The Induna's Wife

  Bertram Mitford

• The nature of that errand stood revealed in the indaba then being held between the two opposing parties.

  John Ames, Native Commissioner

  Bertram Mitford

• The indaba had dropped; but now Pandulu, who had spoken but little before, seemed anxious to revive it.

  Forging the Blades

  Bertram Mitford