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An
indaba (pronounced
in-dah-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.) Indabas may include only the izinDuna of a particular community, or they may be held with representatives of other communities.
The term comes from a Zulu language word meaning “business” or “matter”.