ubuntu

I am because we are

Ubuntu is a very unique word. It has been said that maybe South Africa only has one export product: not gold or diamonds, but the concept of ubuntu that we can teach the world. So buy one for your sister, your co-worker, your mentor, and nurture the community you are in...

(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 On the front of the t-shirt ubuntu is framed by the contours of Table Mountain: Cape Town’s famous icon.

• MotherTongues ubuntu t-shirt: 100% organic cotton, fair labor, India.
• Adult XXL Unisex, black (armpit to armpit 24", length 30") - see the t-shirt size chart in FAQ for more dimensions
• High quality screen print, front and back