assegai

Example Sentences

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They have brought with them a traditional Zulu assegai spear and a British boot plate, which was found on the battlefield, for the museum.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2015

The 19th century Zulu King Shaka adapted this long spear into a broad sword, the stabbing assegai.

From Time Magazine Archive

After a minute, he stopped walking, faced us, and, newly energized, exclaimed that this incident — the assegai striking the wire — symbolized the clash between the culture of Africa and that of Europe.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Yengwa draped himself with a blanket, rolled up a newspaper to imitate an assegai, and began to stride back and forth reciting the lines from the praise song.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

At one point, he raised his assegai into the air for emphasis and accidentally hit the curtain wire above him, which made a sharp noise and caused the curtain to sway.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela