Noun
age grade (plural age grades)
(anthropology) An organized, culturally defined social category of people with membership based on age; in some societies it is entered automatically when one reaches a certain age, while in others it is entered through an initiation rite and/or the payment of a fee.
Ascent and innovations of Shaka Shaka proved himself to be one of Dingiswayo's most able warriors after the military call up of his age grade to serve in the Mthethwa forces. Source: Internet
Summary of the Shakan reforms As noted above, Shaka was neither the originator of the impi, or the age grade structure, nor the concept of a bigger grouping than the small clan system. Source: Internet
The age grade iNtangas, under the guidance of the inDunas, formed the basis for the systematic regimental organisation that would become known worldwide as the impi. Source: Internet
Speaking after the inauguration, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Celestine Okoye, said community policing had been there from the beginning, especially in Igboland where the age grade system was deployed to secure the villages in the past. Source: Internet
He is the head of the whole age grade and where there is a duke, the Enogie governs the people as the royal headship. Source: Internet
This was an age grade tradition common among many of the Bantu peoples of the continent's southern region. Source: Internet