A critical assessment of ubuntu as a source for moral formation in contemporary Africa

Abstract

This study presented a critical evaluation of Ubuntu as a source of moral formation in contemporary Africa. In African society, Ubuntu as a notion of African humanism has been and still is subject to much criticism. Although Ubuntu plays a role in African literature, philosophy, anthropology, ethics and theology, scholars on the continent and beyond find it to be a contested concept. The concept and approach to moral formation described in this study contributes uniquely to the already existing corpus of literature. The study explored African thinkers’ perspectives of Ubuntu as a resource of moral formation and assessed its relevance in contemporary Africa.