Important meeting (Southern Africa).
The Indaba--an Indian word for "gathering of the tribes"--is an annual "eighth day" of summer camp held two to three months after the summer camp program is complete. Summer camp graduates and staff are invited to a day-long event where the candidates are helped to evaluate their application to date of the leadership competencies. Staff interviews are begun and the first meeting of the new program year is held.
An indaba is an important conference held by the "indunas" or principal men of the Zulu and Xhosa peoples of South Africa. Such indabas may include only the indunas of a particular community or may be held with representatives of other communities.