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Ubuntu (Philosophy)

LC control no.sh2007009138
LC classificationB5315.U28
Topical headingUbuntu (Philosophy)
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Variant(s)uMunthu (Philosophy)
See alsoPhilosophy, African
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Found inWork cat.: Ubuntu : the global philosophy for humankind, c2006.
Understanding South Africa : the Ubuntu way of living, 2007.
Wikipedia, Oct. 17, 2007 ("an ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a traditional African concept.")
Bandawe, C. Practical uMunthu psychology, 2010: page 1 (ubuntu or uMunthu as it is called in Malawi. It derives from the perspective that a person is a person through other people) page 4 of cover (uMunthu is a philosophy which asserts the collective consciousness of the African people that declares "I am because you are, and because you are, therefore I am")