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Ubuntuoo-boon-too

n. Essentially meaning "I find my worth in you, and you find your worth in me." Can be translated as human kindness. This important South African philosophy has various interpretations, but anyone who knows ubuntu recognizes that we, as humans, are bound together in ways we cannot see. Another way of putting it, as defined by a Liberian peace activist is, "I am what I am because of who we all are."

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Nguni Bantu

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