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Everlasting Ubuntu as a way of life
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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There is a Zulu phrase, ‘Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu’, which means ‘A person is a person through other persons.’
“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.
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In other words, having your life bound up with those around you for its whole duration can support creating a culture of generosity, trust, and cooperation, rather than one of inequality and individualism. Being in conflict with permanent neighbors, while also living in such a communal culture, can prove costly and stressful. Learning to cooperate,... See more