ubuntu

An African philosophical concept meaning 'I am because we are' — emphasizing communal humanity, compassion, and interdependence. Ubuntu originates in Southern and East African Bantu philosophy and has influenced everything from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Linux's Ubuntu operating system. Archbishop Desmond Tutu championed ubuntu as the foundation of post-apartheid reconciliation. Ubuntu is studied globally in ethics and political philosophy.

“Ubuntu — mimi ni kwa sababu sisi tu — ni msingi wa upatanisho baada ya apartheid Afrika Kusini.”

In English: “Ubuntu — I am because we are — is the foundation of post-apartheid reconciliation in South Africa.”