UBUNTU!

When you read this word your first thoughts were probably like ,"Is that even a word?" or "Ah they must be talking about the netbook!"  However I am talking about the African Philosophy.  Ubuntu is a Bantu word and basically it means that every human in the world is connected in one way or another, a unity of a human race.  It is an amzing idea and a good belief for the general human race to use.

While I was researching this I found a quote in a website from the South African Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.  He describes Ubuntu as: "It is the essence of being human. It speaks of the fact that my humanity is caught up and is inextricably bound up in yours. I am human because I belong. It speaks about wholeness, it speaks about compassion. A person with Ubuntu is welcoming, hospitable, warm and generous, willing to share. Such people are open and available to others, willing to be vulnerable, affirming of others, do not feel threatened that others are able and good, for they have a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that they belong in a greater whole. They know that they are diminished when others are humiliated, diminished when others are oppressed, diminished when others are treated as if they were less than who they are. The quality of Ubuntu gives people resilience, enabling them to survive and emerge still human despite all efforts to dehumanize them." 

After seeing Ubuntu it reminded me of a video called, RSA Animate-The Empathetic Civilisation.  It was amazing with all the scientific and historical facts that back up their ideas of a whole human race like Ubuntu.  The video made me worry about our biosphere and how we should band together.  This video supports Ubuntu completely and makes me think of what I can do.  I will try to bring humans together and make more positive actions so that humanity will be better.