Revitalising the Unhu/Ubuntu philosophy in a globalising Zimbabwe

Abstract

Unhu/Ubuntu, a home-grown Afro-Zimbabwean philosophy under threat of extinction, is highly sloganeered about without substantial implementation. This presents a worrisome situation which perturbed the writers to reflect on the possible revitalisation of Unhu/Ubuntu in a globalising Zimbabwe. Informed by the postcolonial theory, the current textual analysis (secondary research) established that the integration of the fundamental aspects of Unhu/Ubuntu into the school curriculum could help revitalise this home-grown philosophy since the Western neo-colonial influencesm under the guise of globalisation are threatening it. Through the   aforestated integration process, education becomes an instrument for training the general Afro-Zimbabwean public to pragmatically live the Unhu/Ubuntu philosophy and use it to combat vice and mimetic philopraxis. Though criticised as a postcolonial utopia invention, Unhu/Ubuntu remains the authentic African voice within the globalisation agenda. Hence, Unhu/Ubuntu should neither be left in solipsism nor treated as a sacred cow; instead, it should be subjected to immortal conversation to keep abreast with
change. Therefore, revitalising Unhu/Ubuntu is an exigency, not an option. The article, thus, recommends, inter-alia, the expeditious integration of Unhu/Ubuntu into Zimbabwe’s school curriculum and immortalised debates about the Unhu/Ubuntu philosophy