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The Bantu philosophy of "ubuntu" focuses on the power of community
“Africans have a thing called ubuntu. It is about the essence of being human, it is part of the gift that Africa will give the world. It embraces hospitality, caring about others, being willing to go the extra mile for the sake of another. We believe that a person is a person through other persons, that my humanity is caught up, bound up, inextrica... See more
TheGentleProject • Everlasting Ubuntu as a way of life
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“Ubuntu is a way of life.” Ubuntu is an African philosophy about togetherness, about unity. It translates as “I am because we are.” Ubuntu. “A person is a person through other people,” explains Rivers. “I can’t be all I can be unless you are all you can be.
Eddie Shleyner • Very Good Copy: 207 Micro-Lessons on Thinking and Writing Like a Copywriter
The apparent happiness of Africans, against all horror, seems to derive from a sense of connectedness, or as the Zulu put it, "ubunto." This word is often translated to mean community, but one of them gave me what I think is a more accurate definition: "I am because we are; we are because I am."
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South African Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu describes ubuntu as … the essence of being human. It speaks of the fact that my humanity is caught up and is inextricably bound up in yours. I am human because I belong. It speaks about wholeness, it speaks about compassion. A person with ubuntu is welcoming, hospitable, warm and generous, willin
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“Ubuntu”, have you heard of it ? It means "I am because we are," or "humanity towards others,". In Xhosa, it is "umntu ngumntu ngabantu", but is often used in a more philosophical sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity."
TheGentleProject • Everlasting Ubuntu as a way of life
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Belonging gives us the confidence to take care of ourselves, others, our planet, and all the members of our ecosystem. Knowing this, it becomes clear that building a community is one of the most important, generous, and creative acts a human can aspire to.
Radha Agrawal • Home - BELONG: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life
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One of the things he repeatedly reminded me of was the concept of Ubuntu, a word that derives from the Zulu phrase “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu,” which basically means the collective is always greater than the individual. As I previously mentioned, it’s not about “I, Me & Mine”; it’s about “We, Us & Ours.” When we seek to create change on a si
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