Ubuntu is a Zulu word that means “humanness”. Its essence is captured in the principle: “a person is a person through other persons.” A person’s value as a human being depends on acting for the sake of community and promoting community interests before individual interest. The concept of community is a core Ubuntu value in African thinking about humanity.
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Ubuntu means an African social philosophy that promotes an obligation of humans towards the welfare of one another, while taking responsibility for the environment. It is recognition of the significance of each and every human life and the need for humans to take care of one another as social beings and to take care of the environment that surrounds them. Often phrased as a belief that motho ke motho ka batho (“a person is a person through others”), it emphasises that humanity is not simply biological, but largely a product of socialisation and active promotion of good social values. It enshrines communal responsibility for human rights and human welfare.
Examples of Ubuntu in a sentence
This is not the spirit of Ubuntu and certainly not the expectation from RI practice, but a manifestation of greenwashing and impression management (Olatubosun and Nyazenga, 2019).
For instance Elizabeth Frawey Bagley3 proposed the introduction of Ubuntu diplomacy that will ensure cross-sector collaboration, which brings about maximum societal impact and sustainability through stakeholder partnership that succeeds together, not incrementally but exponentially.
The philosophy of Ubuntu has previously been applied to metaphysics and religion, politics and law.
Therefore the foundations of Ubuntu has hitherto been described as vague because it means different things to different people thereby making the development of a universally accepted theoretical interpretation difficult.
Morphology of Ubuntu shows that the word derives from Xhosa language which has a prefix and a root.
More Definitions of Ubuntu
Ubuntu in the Xhosa culture means: "I am because we are"
Ubuntu means unity, togetherness, caring for others. The principles, if well understood, could be applied to business. Perhaps on things like sharing common resources for the benefit of all.” PF2
Ubuntu means humanness, but specifically that I am because you are, a sense of shared mutuality. The spirit of ‘ubuntu’ linked to the idea of the Rainbow nation, was part of the structuring myth of post- apartheid South African national identity.Hutton’s #FWP piece emerged in response to the events surrounding a photograph they took while documenting a #FMF event in February 2016 at Wits (University of the Witwatersrand) in which a student, Zama Mthunzi, was wearing a self-fashioned t-shirt which read ‘Being black is shit’ on the front, and ‘Fuck white people’ on the back. There were strong reactions both to Hutton’s photograph of Mthunzi (the posting of which on Facebook led to a 30-day ban) and to Mthunzi’s gesture itself.The University administration instituted disciplinary procedures against Mthunzi and he was reported to the Human Rights Commission84. When Wits students protested the University’s actions against Mthunzi, launching a graffiti campaign which sprayed “#fuckwhitepeople” across campus, the University administration accused these students of forcing them to spend money on graffiti removal that could otherwise have gone towards students’ financial aid85. These events combined with Hutton’s arrival in Cape Town and the shock at both its literal whiteness86 and what they saw as the investment of South African universities in white privilege prompted Hutton’s early imagining about their #FWP piece (Hutton, 2017). #FuckWhitePeople began as a performance piece in which ‘Goldendean’ (Hutton’s performance persona) wore a tailored suit made from a black and white fabric which read FUCKFUCKFUCK WHITEWHITEWHITE PEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLE inalternating lines. ‘Goldendean’ appeared in numerous public spaces in Cape Town (including the University’s of Cape Town’s Michaelis campus and the Waiting Room on Long St) between March and October 2016 wearing this suit. At some of these performances they distributed cards containing humorous and provocative questions about whiteness. Hutton wore a GoPro camera to document the performance (with participant consent) and serve as a layer of self-protection (the idea being that the threat of surveillance would temper potential violence). The cards directed people to a website https//fuckwhitepeople.org, which provided viewers with twelve steps to learn to ‘fuck the white in them’ (Hutton, Dean [Photographer, Artist] Interview, Cape
Ubuntu. (in Sepedi, Botho) means a person is what they are because of other people and it is a concept used to guide individuals and communities in expressing empathetic behaviour (Gade, 2012).
Ubuntu means humanity, or the spirit of being human.concept of ubuntu makes the interpretation of the South African Bill of Rights unique, since the values to be taken into account in the process of interpretation are not merely those of international law and Western civilisation. The concept of ubuntu gives these values a unique character of being rooted in the native soil of South Africa, and are not merely imposed by a previous colonial, imperialist, political and social order.69 The spirit of ubuntu as an element of the values promoted by the Constitution of South Africa has already displayed itself in the interpretation of legislation dealing with the eviction of unlawful squatters. The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act,70 has been invoked to evict unlawful occupiers of land in the case of Cape Killarney Property Investments v Mahamba.71The property company sought to evict unlawful residents on its property, doing so without notice to the unlawful residents, notwithstanding the peremptory provisions of section 4 of the Act.72
Ubuntu in their language means: "I am because we are".
Ubuntu. , which means “humanness” and is unique to Africa, is a multidimensional concept which represents the core values of African ontology; respect for any human being, for human dignity and for human life, obedience, solidarity, caring, interdependence and hospitality (Asente, Miike, Yin, 2007). So despite Africa’s cultural diversity, threads of underlying affinity run through the beliefs, customs and practices of various African societies. Ubuntu is the philosophy which reflects the African heritage, traditions and culture.