The World Scout Indaba was a gathering of Scout Leaders from around the world, a sort of World Jamboree for Scouters. Created at the 1949 12th World Scout Conference in Elvesaeter, Norway, the British Scout Association submitted that of the great number of Scouters working in a Pack, Troop or Crew, only a very small percentage were ever able to take part in a major international Scout gathering. The suggestion for the title came from Lord Rowallan after one of his African tours, the term indaba being a Zulu language word meaning "tribal conference".
It appears that only three such events were held:
- 1st World Scout Indaba, Gilwell Park, United Kingdom, July, 1952
- 2nd World Scout Indaba, Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom, June, 1957, combined with the 9th World Scout Jamboree and 6th World Rover Moot, to celebrate 50 years of Scouting
- 3rd World Scout Indaba, Ommen, Netherlands, August, 1960
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