Replying to LO29835 --
Dear Steven,
Your posting triggered my curiosity, and off I went to research
"ubuntu." One of my interests is understanding how non-Eurocentric (or
stated positively in this case, Afri-centric) value systems might change
the more predatory qualities of capitalism. What I learned in the past
half-hour thanks to your prompt has opened up some great new horizons in
my thinking, so thank you!
I don't know which article you were referring to in your posting, but I
found one on the philosophical meanings of "ubuntu" (see website:
http://www.bu.edu/wcp/MainAfri.htm ). It immediately reminded me of an
interview I heard on US National Public Radio in late December (December
27, to be exact) with some of the leaders of the US Kwanzaa movement, in
which they were discussing how to translate the principles of Kwanzaa into
mutually-supporting business practices among African Americans. If you
can get a transcript from NPR of this interview, or at least identify who
was interviewed, you might be able to get more information for your
research paper. (Try this link:
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=892444 .) Your message
does not indicate where you're located -- I think your access to resources
will be very different if you're in South Africa or the US or elsewhere...
Hope this is helpful!
Warm regards,
Anne Acosta
Ph.D. student (Human & Organization Development), Fielding Graduate
Institute
and Coordinator, Strategic Planning, International Maize & Wheat Improvement
Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
Email: a.acosta@cgiar.org
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