Dictionary/Languages/Zulu/Ubuntu

Ubuntu

Zulu
/oo-BOON-too/

English: Ubuntu / Humanity

Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu — a person is a person through other persons.

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Pre-colonial context

A pan-African pre-colonial philosophy: 'I am because we are'. Expressed differently across every culture but rooted in the same communal worldview.

In other languages

Shonapre-colonial
Unhu
/OON-hoo/
The Shona expression of the same philosophy.
Swahilipre-colonial
Utu
/OO-too/
Core Swahili moral value — humaneness, dignity, personhood.
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