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Ubuntu: A transformative leadership philosophy

Journal of Leadership Studies, 2010
AbstractLeadership 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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‘Ubuntu’ African Philosophy or ‘Ubuntu’ as a Philosophy for Africa

Philosophical Alternatives
This 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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African Philosophy of Education and Ubuntu Justice

2018
The 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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Freedom for Responsibility: The Essence of Ubuntu/Unhu Philosophy

Philosophy International Journal, 2023
Ubuntu/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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In The Mirror Game: Ubuntu Philosophy and Umbundu

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, 2020
The 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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Ubuntu as a Sustainable Philosophy for School Leadership and Governance

2021
This chapter examines the conflict between Ubuntu and globalization. The advent of globalization is rapidly and inevitably changing the world's development setting. The development has neither been merciful nor friendly to Ubuntu. As a consequence, pressure is mounting for the re-definition and re-positioning of the functions of schools.
Nkobi Owen Pansiri, Ludo Mphathiwa, Jane Ebele Iloanya, Chikezie Ignatius Ugwu, Batshidi Rapula Tsae   +4 more
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African Ubuntu Philosophy and Global Management

Journal of Business Ethics, 2009
In 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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Organizational Communication through the lens of Ubuntu Philosophy

2023
Every teacher leader needs effective communication skills to succeed. Success entails getting things done through people by communicating to them what needs to be done, how, when, where, and why, in a manner that is clear and acceptable to them. The people with whom a teacher-leader needs to communicate include teachers, students, administrative staff,
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GENDER DISCOURSE AND UBUNTU MEDIA PHILOSOPHY

Journalism Studies, 2011
This paper examines news framing of rape on the website of South Africa's most popular newspaper during 2008–9, following the passage of major legislation reforming the treatment of sexual assault. A qualitative analysis of 145 Sowetan Online news stories revealed three major, often overlapping frames: (1) ubiquity of rape, (2) enforcing male dominance,
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Ubuntu philosophy

2023
Tendayi Marovah, Oliver Mutanga
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