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Summary

The author expresses the importance of preserving and caring for Earth, rather than seeking new homes among the stars, emphasizing the concept of Ubuntu: "I am because we are."

Abstract

The author discusses the need for unity and collective responsibility in preserving Earth, criticizing those who seek to abandon it for new planets. The piece highlights the importance of education and the reintroduction of the concept of Ubuntu, which emphasizes community and interconnectedness. The author also acknowledges the contributions of others in the Ubuntu series and encourages further engagement with the topic.

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The author believes that humanity should prioritize caring for Earth rather than seeking new homes in space.
The author criticizes those who prioritize their own egos and the expansion of their race over the well-being of the planet.
The author emphasizes the importance of education in reintroducing and preserving the concept of Ubuntu.
The author values the contributions of others in the Ubuntu series and encourages further engagement with the topic.
The author expresses concern over the destruction of the planet and the omission of the concept of care (symbolized by the watering can) from contemporary discourse.
The author suggests that the elites are attempting to make the concept of Ubuntu a dirty word and are seeking to expand their race by finding new worlds to destroy.
The author calls for the reclamation and ownership of the concept of Ubuntu to foster unity and collective responsibility.

Ubuntu: I am because we are

Photo: James G. Brennan.

So here we are trying to keep this world together, many trying to get back to our roots encouraging hearts and minds to think like one caring for each other, alleviate the suffering ravaging our earth.

Then there are those who consider themselves players, looking to planets, inhospitable with the need to terraform to make our new home in their over-inflated ego’s names etched into history books with no one left to read.

Please, we have our home, granted we are tending the garden rather badly, the name watering can, has become a word omitted from the good book 1984, we can still claim it back reintroduce through teachings, we still have this medium of education.

Forget looking towards the stars; leave it to the elites who have been trying to make Ubuntu a dirty word, desiring the expansion of their race within our galaxy finding new worlds to destroy.

Take back Ubuntu, own it and make us one again.

Ubuntu: I am because you are.

This is the final piece in the Ubuntu series, please feel free to join in with this or any of the other three Ubuntu titles below. Thank you to Suntonu Bhadra for coming up with the idea and for inviting me to head this one up, thank you to Indubala Kachhawa for your piece “A Promising Dawn” rekindling my admiration for Ubuntu. Thank you to you all for engaging. 🙏

Thank you as always, Suntonu Bhadra for giving my words a platform. 🙏🙏 Thank you all for reading and your precious time. Always. J. 🙏✨

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Ubuntu: I am because we are

Ubuntu Mbira

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Across Oceans of Hope

Ubuntu we are because we are

Birth

Ubuntu: I am because you are