ubuntu

Noun

ubuntu (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.
   • Through Ubuntu the worth of all individuals are recognized and respected. As such, homophobia is an unAfrican^([sic]) because it denies people the opportunity to express their full humanity.2006 October 26, “South Africa: LGBT Groups Respond To CONTRALESA’s Stance On Same Sex Marriage”, in OutRight Action International, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2015
   • This includes buen vivir (or sumak kawsay or suma qamaña), a culture of life with different names and varieties emerging from indigenous peoples in various regions of South America; ubuntu, with its emphasis on human mutuality (“I am because we are”) in South Africa; radical ecological democracy or...2015 July 21, “Sustainable development is failing but there are alternatives to capitalism”, in The Guardian