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OCAD University
July 22-23, 2021
Pivot 2021
Virtual Conference
Full Paper doi: 10.21606/pluriversal.2021.0050
OCAD University
July 22-23, 2021
Full Paper
Pivot 2021
Virtual Conference
doi: 10.21606/pluriversal.2021.0050
Approaching Ubuntu in Education
Through Bottom-Up Decolonisation
1. Introduc=on
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becoming human
2. Our Personal Stories Count In Indigenous Research Agendas
2.1. Mlungisi’s personal story
isiduko
1 Africans and in particular South Africans use clan names to level power gradients in the community and also to
show respect not only for people but for their cultures as well. For example, the clan name for our first
democratically elected President in South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is Madiba and any one could call
him like that regardless of age or gender. Also, the prefix Ma in MaMthembu denotes that the gender is female and
is there is no Ma, for example, Mthembu or Jola the gender is a male. Also, in South Africa children take the
father’s clan names.
2 In isiXhosa culture when people ask a place where you were born they often say, “Iphi inkaba yakho?”
[Where were you born]. This suggests the importance of place to them.
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iindwendwe
umqombothi
umqombothi
Ubonqonqoza xa ungena endlwini
yam, ubothi molo xa ungena endlwini yama
ukutheza
Ndoda yam iyalinda soze ndotheza kwenye ilali
inyanda
Kutheni nje incinci eyam inyanda
hamba uyokuphakamisa leya yam inyanda).
Iyhooo inzima
imbawula Imbawula
imbawula
imifino
3 Umqombothi is traditional alcoholic beverage made by many families in South Africa especially those who
practice cultural rituals. Also, we do not brew umqombothi but we make it or do it. We make it for drinking it in
celebrations and we do it for the ancestors.
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iingwenyeisiphingointsengeincumncum
ingxangxaumxhaxhauqhumatalaumvuboumcuku
imifino
amaqanda
amasi
amasi
amasi
umqombothi
umqombothi
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2.2. Zukiswa’s personal story
amasi umvubo
imifino
amaqanda
amasi
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amarhewu umqombothi
sangoma
storytelling
storytelling
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storytelling
2.3. Sipho’s personal story
Mpondomise
MaJola.
MaJola
umqombothi
MaJola
imbeleko
icekwaupuca
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imifino
amasiimifinoamaqanda inyama
3. Reflec=ons On Our Narra=ves – Does It MaJer Who We Are?
past present
future
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4. Concluding Remarks
5. References
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materiality and roboKcs within everyday acts of indigenous presence and resurgence. Cogni4on and
Instruc4on, 37(3), 306-326.
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