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Ubuntu literally means ‘humanness’ in the Nguni languages of Southern Africa, and is often used to summarise the moral core of how we ought to live and treat one another.
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This says that Ubuntu is a word for “humanness” and a guide to moral behavior. It presents being human as something expressed through how we live with and treat other people. In simple terms, Ubuntu means that respect and concern for others belong at the center of a good life.
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