Ubuntu & African Indigenous Knowledge should play a central role in curriculum design and pedagogy
It takes a village to determine the origins of an African Proverb which states that, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
Ubuntu, “(I am because we are)” is a philosophy that considers the success of the group above that of the individual. As Stephen Lundin states that, “The word ‘Ubuntu ‘(humanism) originates from one of the Bantu dialects of Africa, and is pronounced as “uu-Boon-too.”
“An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took each other’s hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had all the fruits for himself they said: UBUNTU.” UBUNTU in the Xhosa culture means: “I am because we are.” Anthropologist study in Africa states that, “It is a traditional African philosophy that offers us an understanding of ourselves in relation to the world.” According to Rastafari Ubuntu, “there exists a common bond between us all and it is through this bond, through our interaction with our fellow human beings, that we discover our own human qualities.” Or as the Zulus would say, “Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu”, which means that an individual is a person through other people. “We affirm our humanity when