Journal of a Grassroots Economist

Journal of a Grassroots Economist

Ubuntu to Ubu-Ntu

Becoming People Again

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Will Ruddick and Wakanyi Hoffman
Mar 23, 2025
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A person is a person through other persons (as with rowing a boat together, we must become one with each other to navigate life/the ocean together)

Ubuntu is often translated as a noun—an idea, a philosophy, a moral guide to collective living. Yet, at its root, Ubuntu is not a static concept, nor is it something one simply possesses. It comes from the wo…

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