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"I am because we are."

November 30, 2013

This story is so beautiful. These are the kinds of things you encounter when you go beyond your usual borders, step out to experience something new, and see how others live within our world.

An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took each other’s hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats.

When he asked them why they had run like that—as one could have had all the fruits for himself—they said, ''UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?''

'UBUNTU' in the Xhosa culture means "I am because we are."

Tags Xhosa, UBUNTU
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Jodi Nelson
PIF Founder & Tour Leader

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I’m Jodi, PIF Founder, Trip Coordinator and Tour Leader. I’ll be posting regularly to this blog! 

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