Editing Ubuntu philosophy (section)

{{Short description|Southern African philosophy}}
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[[File:Elephant parade ubuntu 1.jpg|thumb|Elephant statue with Ubuntu motif, [[Florianópolis]], Brazil]]
'''Ubuntu''' ({{IPA|zu|ùɓúntʼù}};<ref>{{cite AV media |last1=Tutu |first1=Desmond |date=2013 |title=Who we are: Human uniqueness and the African spirit of Ubuntu |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wZtfqZ271w#t=162 |via=[[YouTube]] |publication-date=Apr 4, 2013 |publisher=[[Templeton Prize]] |access-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/0wZtfqZ271w |archive-date=2025-03-04 |format=video |lang=en |time=2:42}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Desmond Tutu on Ubuntu |work=Semester at Sea, Spring '07 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftjdDOfTzbk&t=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211110/ftjdDOfTzbk |archive-date=2021-11-10 |access-date=11 January 2015 |via=[[YouTube]] |date=2007 |publication-date=Apr 7, 2008 |publisher=Jared Reichbaum |format=video |lang=en |time=0:09}}</ref> meaning {{gloss|humanity}} in some [[Bantu languages]], such as [[Zulu language|Zulu]]) describes a set of closely related Bantu African-origin value systems that emphasize the interconnectedness of individuals with their surrounding societal and physical worlds.  "Ubuntu" is sometimes translated as "I am because we are" (also "I am because you are"),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2006/sep/29/features11.g2|title = The question: What does ubuntu really mean?|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 28 September 2006}}</ref> or "humanity towards others" ([[Zulu language|Zulu]] ''{{lang|zu|umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu}}''). In [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], the latter term is used, but is often meant in a more philosophical sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity".<ref name="aboutthename">{{cite web|title=About the Name|url=https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu-name.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223104643/https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu-name.html|archive-date=23 February 2013|access-date=2 February 2017|work=Official Ubuntu Documentation|publisher=Canonical}}</ref>