Ask Takudzwa 23 – Ubuntu-Unhu
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Canadian Atheist
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2020/02/02
Takudzwa Mazwienduna is the informal leader of Zimbabwean Secular Alliance and a member of the Humanist Society of Zimbabwe. This educational series will explore secularism in Zimbabwe from an organizational perspective, and some more.
Here we talk about a small adjunct on Ubuntu and Unhu, and Humanism.
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How does Ubuntu translate into Unhu and vice versa?
Takudzwa Mazwienduna: Ubuntu and Unhu both mean Humanism. Ubuntu is Swahili and Unhu is Shona.
Jacobsen: How does Humanism advance the notions of Ubuntu and Unhu?
Mazwienduna: The transition can be facilitated for by a cultural reform campaign, or capacity building programs in communities, strengthening the role traditional leaders who represent such values already strive for.
Jacobsen: What will be the transition from current Zimbabwean culture to an Ubuntu-Unhu-Humanism culture? How will this take place?
Mazwienduna: Humanism has the same outlook on life as Unhu or Ubuntu. Both words literally mean Humanism, or goodness, the highest virtue anyone can have in Bantu cultures.
Jacobsen: Thank you for the opportunity and your time, Takudzwa.
Mazwienduna: It’s always a pleasure Scott.
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