Ubuntu among the ‘born frees’: Exploring the transmission of social values through community engagement in South Africa

Willmore, Stephanie B; Day, Randal; Maistry, Savathrie M

Title: Ubuntu among the ‘born frees’: Exploring the transmission of social values through community engagement in South Africa
Creator: Willmore, Stephanie B
Creator: Day, Randal
Creator: Maistry, Savathrie M
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2022
Date: 2022
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/426564
Identifier: vital:72363
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728221086151"
Description: Ubuntu was recently adopted as the first theme for the 2020–2030 global agenda for social work, and yet little research is available to explore how it is transmitted and implemented in communities. The authors present findings of a qualitative study conducted in an academic setting in South Africa, where the transmission of Ubuntu was discussed among 30 young adult ‘born frees’. Students seemed to embrace principles of Ubuntu as a whole; however, economic, social and cultural strains are documented as obstacles to its pragmatic application. Implications of community engagement through service learning as a means of strengthening Ubuntu are discussed.
Format: computer
Format: online resource
Format: application/pdf
Format: 1 online resource (13 pages)
Format: pdf
Publisher: SAGE Publishers
Language: English
Relation: International Social Work
Relation: Willmore, S.B., Day, R., Roby, J.L. and Maistry, S., 2023. Ubuntu among the ‘born frees’: Exploring the transmission of social values through community engagement in South Africa. International Social Work, 66(6), pp.1803-1815
Relation: International Social Work volume 66 number 6 p. 1803 2022 0020-8728
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