(oo-boon-too)
n. Zulu or Xhosa word, a traditional African belief.
Ubuntu is a term for humaneness, for caring, sharing and being in harmony with all of creation.
“Africans have a thing called
ubuntu. It is about the essence of being human, it is part of the
gift that Africa will give the world.
It embraces hospitality, caring about others,
being willing to go the extra mile for the sake of another.
We believe that a person is a person through other persons,
that my humanity is caught up, bound up, inextricably, with yours. When
I dehumanize you, I inexorably dehumanize myself.
The solitary human being is a contradiction in terms.
Therefore you seek to work for the common good
because your humanity comes into its own in community,
in belonging.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The MotherTongues
Ubuntu t-shirt is available in black, unisex and women's, and long sleeve
black,
as well as hoodies in black for men, celery green or black for women. Also
see the new beaded Ubuntu
keyrings
made
in South Africa. NEW ITEM: Ubuntu
socks! Check out the new knee high Ubuntu socks, made by a fellow Michigan
company, Maggie's Organics.
Watch this
amazing 8 minute video
describing Ubuntu from Global Oneness Project - we've
never heard Ubuntu described so beautifully. Read more
about Ubuntu
on the Wikipedia site. This is the same concept used to name Ubuntu,
the Linux operating system, which is funded by the software company of Mark
Shuttleworth, a fellow South African.
This year, the Boston Celtics used it to spur them on to great success.
We hope this helps spread the amazing message of ubuntu further: I am because
we are.
