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A Sketch of an Ubuntu Philosophy of Education
Handbooks in Philosophy, 2023Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu +1 more
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2021
This chapter is guided by, informed by, and deals with the Indigenous African faith Ubuntu, which is translated as “I am because we are.” When we are nearing the new normal, we feel that the sense of individualism, consumerism, Eurocentric “self,” and “making self” should be replaced by a common principle of solidarity.
Jahid Siraz Chowdhury +5 more
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This chapter is guided by, informed by, and deals with the Indigenous African faith Ubuntu, which is translated as “I am because we are.” When we are nearing the new normal, we feel that the sense of individualism, consumerism, Eurocentric “self,” and “making self” should be replaced by a common principle of solidarity.
Jahid Siraz Chowdhury +5 more
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Ubuntu Philosophy and Lived Experience
2021This chapter is based on auto-ethnographic observations of the authors. It narrates how Ubuntu has functioned among the Bakalanga communities of Botswana using lived experiences of the authors consistent with the philosophy of Ubuntu. The chapter begins by exploring different scholars' definitions of the philosophy of Ubuntu. They unanimously define it
Philip Bulawa, Mavis B. Mhlauli
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Ubuntu: A transformative leadership philosophy
Journal of Leadership Studies, 2010AbstractLeadership is about knowledge, skills, and abilities for transformation. It is also increasingly about worldviews or visions of life—beliefs, values, and principles. But worldviews are also ways of life, for beliefs direct us, values guide us, and principles motivate us to certain kinds of action and behavior.How, then, do worldviews have an ...
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Indigenous African Knowledge: Ubuntu Philosophy
2023This chapter documents a multiracial body of Ubuntu philosophy and interprets key lessons for an international readership. It joins a textual analysis of the apartheid resistance literature with autoethnographic reflection to show how South Africans are engaging the Ubuntu ethic to organize communities and heal collective trauma.
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‘Ubuntu’ African Philosophy or ‘Ubuntu’ as a Philosophy for Africa
Philosophical AlternativesThis paper tries to develop a tenable philosophical idea of Ubuntu, that is, more specifically, a crystallized and sanitized African indigenous ethical perspective. Africa as an idea seems to be a “contested” concept in this contemporary post-colonial era due to the influx of different nuances, races, values, and beliefs that are in contention.
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In The Mirror Game: Ubuntu Philosophy and Umbundu
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, 2020The Epistemologies of the South awaken our reflection to knowledge and practices of the traditional African culture which have been silenced in the historical unfolding. Such is the case of Ubuntu. In this philosophy of life, we have an existence which is only an existence because there are other existences. In this culture, which has an almost endless
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Freedom for Responsibility: The Essence of Ubuntu/Unhu Philosophy
Philosophy International Journal, 2023Ubuntu/Unhu societies were characterised by the thrust on freedom for responsibility where the elders were the bearers of authority which was conducive for the development of the freedom. The authority of the elders had a bearing on the freedom of the non-elderly people. Authority and freedom are connected by responsibility.
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African Philosophy of Education and Ubuntu Justice
2018The main concern of an African philosophy of education is to be responsive to the African human condition, which is characterised by high levels of inequality and poverty, human suffering and inhumanity. The eradication of the aforementioned concerns goes along with the quest for justice, which, in the context of Teaching for Change, is of three kinds:
Yusef Waghid, Faiq Waghid, Zayd Waghid
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African Ubuntu Philosophy and Global Management
Journal of Business Ethics, 2009In our age of globalization, we need a theory of global management consistent with our common human nature. The place to begin in developing such a theory is the philosophy of traditional cultures. The article focuses on African philosophy and its fruitfulness for contributing to a theory of management consistent with African traditional cultures.
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