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Living Ubuntu: the struggles of Abahlali Base Mjondolo as an African philosophy in the making

SOTL in the South, 2020
What does it mean to engage in a philosophy of struggle and emancipation in our South African context? As part of my MA research I took an internship with Abahlali BaseMjondolo, a shack dwellers’ movement whose office is based in central Durban.
Motlatsi Khosi
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Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi

Arụmarụka
The paper proffers a response to Bernard Matolino’s and Wenceslaus Kwindingwi’s rejection of UBUNTU. To do so, the paper does three things. First, it clarifies important concepts of Ubuntu ethics.
Motsamai MOLEFE, Elphus MUADE
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The relationship between the philosophy of Ubuntu and the principles of inclusive education

Perspectives in Education
This PRISMA scoping review identifies the emerging evidence on the relationship between the philosophy of ubuntu and the principles of inclusive education.
Jabulani Mpofu, Maximus Sefotho
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Xenophobia and the end of ontological ubuntu

Acta Academica, 2022
A central notion of Ubuntu depicts it as a philosophy unique to African affinity and views Africans as communalistic and Westerners as individualistic.
Peter Sule
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Living and Revitalizing Ubuntu

, 2023
Although Ubuntu/Obuntu philosophy remains a foundation for many African communities, there are also growing concerns about its gradual erosion and assault.
Bulamu, N, Kansiime, P, Eyaa, S, Tusasiirwe, S, Namisango, F   +4 more
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Globalisation and ICT in Education through Unhu/Ubuntu African Philosophical Framework: A Case of the Zimbabwean Curriculum

African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies, 2023
This paper reviews the philosophical foundations of Unhu/Ubuntu in the Zimbabwean education system. The Zimbabwean curriculum underwent a comprehensive paradigm shift from a Western philosophy to an ancient indigenous philosophy of Unhu/Ubuntu.
Alice Dhliwayo, Thuthukile Jita
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African Philosophy of Education in the Search of Sense

RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2010
In the article specificity and modern problems of African Philosophy of Education are presented. The special attention is given the concept «ubuntu», playing important role as in African Philosophy of Education as in African philosophical discourse.
O A Mikhalina
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Using indigenous games and knowledge to decolonise the school curriculum: Ubuntu perspectives

Perspectives in Education, 2019
This paper foregrounds the value of the inclusion of Ubuntu philosophy in the school curriculum using indigenous games. There has been increased interest emanating from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in the inclusion of Ubuntu philosophy in the
Sabelo Abednego Nxumalo, Dumisani Wilfred Mncube   +1 more
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Growing Up in a Society Practicing Ubuntu

, 2021
In this chapter, the author looks back at his life as a child growing up among a Bantu-speaking society in which life is guided by Ubuntu values. Ubuntu refers to a philosophy that teaches the interconnectedness of humans and the need, therefore, for ...
Joseph Siloka Mukuni, Mukuni, Joseph Siloka   +1 more
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Intersection of Ubuntu pedagogy and social justice: Transforming South African higher education

Transformation in Higher Education, 2021
Background: Universities, globally, and in South Africa, continue to be confronted with demands for transformation, humanisation of pedagogical practices and to embrace social justice.
Nomalungelo I. Ngubane, Manyane J. Makua
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