conga

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I never looked back as I tore down the street, dodging cars, leaping over dongas and fences and puddles; entering yards I did not know, only to leap fences again.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

In a couple of hours the water had run off; the flooded dongas were almost dry again; and we moved on.

From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

The dongas were both wide and deep; in many instances they were quite impassable.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

So intolerable was the thirst, that there were burghers who went down to the dongas below in search of water, where there was none, and where they knew that almost certain death awaited them.

From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel)

The numerous small dongas and rifts lent themselves readily to flanking fire, and in many places the vertical banks required no cutting in order to give ideal protection against even artillery.

From The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Swinton, Ernest Dunlop