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Living and Revitalizing Ubuntu: Challenges of Passing on Ubuntu Values to the Younger Generation and Attempted Strategies to Overcome Them
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Author(s): Sharlotte Tusasiirwe (Western Sydney University, Australia), Peninah Kansiime (Excelsia College, Australia), Sarah Eyaa (Excelsia College, Australia), Fatuma Namisango (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)and Norma Bulamu (Flinders University, Australia)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 17
Source title:
Understanding Ubuntu for Enhancing Intercultural Communications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Joseph Mukuni (Virginia Tech, USA)and Josiah Tlou (Virginia Tech, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7947-3.ch008
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Abstract
Although Ubuntu/Obuntu philosophy remains a foundation for many African communities, there are also growing concerns about its gradual erosion and assault. There is limited understanding about the struggles that African parents, especially in the diaspora experience as they pass on Ubuntu/Obuntu values to their children who live in a different context from the one their parents were raised in. This knowledge is crucial for facilitating Ubuntu/Obuntu's revitalisation and transmission to the younger generation. Using a critical approach, this chapter draws from lived experiences and existing literature to discuss two key challenges that the authors, who are African parents, have experienced in passing on Ubuntu/Obuntu. The challenges relate to past and ongoing colonialism manifested in Eurocentric education systems in Africa and the diaspora and dwindling community interactions. Strategies adopted by the authors in the diaspora to overcome these barriers and implications of an Ubuntu/Obuntu-inspired education are also presented.
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