INDUNA  , a Zulu-See also:

• BANTU

Bantu word for an officer or See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment among the Kaffir (Zulu-Xosa) tribes of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . It is formed from the inflexional prefix in and duna, a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord or See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . Indunas originally obtained and retained their rankand authority by See also:

• PERSONAL

personal bravery and skill in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and often proved a menace to their nominal lord . Where, under See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, the purely military See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government among the Kaffir tribes has broken down or been modified, indunas are now administrators rather than warriors . They sit in a consultative gathering known as an See also:

• INDABA

indaba, and discuss the See also:

• CIVIL

civil and military affairs of their tribe .