Ubuntu
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Ubuntu
Nguni
Example Sentences
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She cites Ubuntu, a South African philosophy that informs her healing approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
"We have agreed on the matter of expansion," Naledi Pandor said on Ubuntu Radio, a station run by South Africa's foreign ministry.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
He defined Ubuntu like this: "I am me because you are you. I can never be free while you are enslaved. I can never be rich while you are poor. We two are connected."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2023
Ms. Freeman, raised in Richmond, Va., is the executive chef at Cadence, a plant-based, Southern-inspired restaurant in Manhattan, and will soon be opening Ubuntu, a vegan African restaurant, in Los Angeles.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
They asked the audience what they will do to fulfill the principles of Ubuntu and MLK and see incarcerated lives as interconnected and valuable.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
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