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Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa

English · Paperback / Softback

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List of contents

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

About the author

Julian Müller, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

John Eliastam, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Sheila Trahar, University of Bristol, UK.

Summary

This  collection illustrates the power of fictionalised representation in research conducted on Ubuntu in Southern Africa. The chapters insert the concept of Ubuntu within the broad intellectual debate on self and community, demonstrating its intellectual and philosophical value and grounding in practices emanating from the African continen

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