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I attended a keynote address by Proffesor Jack Whitehead today here @ DUT, where JACK spent his 67 minutes speaking of UBUNTU [I am because we are] and those persons who practiced Ubuntu. I wanted to share and spread knowledge of Ubuntu with you.

Below a video of Mandela explaining Ubuntu 

Archbishop Desmond Tutu says:

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" A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed [1999]  One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu – the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality – Ubuntu – you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.

Nelson Mandela is a personification [embodiment, symbol, model, representation] of Ubuntu, and globally inspires tolerance and humanity.

Notes for Jack Whitehead's Mandela Day Lecture on the 18th July in Durban, South Africa> http://www.actionresearch.net/

Nelson Mandela says: " I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear". 

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It took me 67 min to make this blog post. 

What did you do with your 67 mins today?

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