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Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa book cover

1st Edition

Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa

Edited By Julian Müller, John Eliastam, Sheila Trahar Copyright 2019
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Ubuntu is the African idea of personhood: persons depend on other persons in order to be. This is summarised in the expression: umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu , that is, a person is a person through persons. This edited collection illustrates the power of fictionalised representation in reporting research conducted on Ubuntu in Southern Africa. The chapters insert the concept of Ubuntu within the... Read more

Endorsement from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu



List of Contributors



Acknowledgements



Map of Ubuntuville



Part I – Explanation



Introduction: the unfolding story



1.Fictionalisation and research.



John Eliastam, Julian Müller, Marguerite Müller, Sheila Trahar







Part II – The Story



2. Ubuntuville, the view from the cemetery.



Julian Müller



3. Unseen.



Herman Holtzhausen



4. The quilting group: stitches from the soul.



Retha Kruidenier



5. Na bo nga bantu (they too are human)



Trevor Ntlhola



6. The outsider.



John Eliastam



7. A multicultural community.



Wonke Buqa





8. The art of survival: women and violence in Ubuntuville. 





Molly Manyonganise



9. Politics and conflict in Ubuntuville.



Titus Makusi



10. Discovering Ubuntu language.





Lieze Meiring



11. Lost



Sheila Trahar

Biography

Julian Müller, University of Pretoria, South Africa.



John Eliastam, University of Pretoria, South Africa.



Sheila Trahar, University of Bristol, UK.

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