What is “ubuntu”?
by Pavitska Badasie on Apr.06, 2011, under Education
The Zulu world “ubuntu” translates roughly as “humanity towards others”. But it means much more than this. The spiritual foundation of African societies, ubuntu involves a belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all of humanity, a unifying worldview best captured by the Zulu maxim “umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” – a person is a person through other persons”.