Mfuniselwa John Bhengu

Mfuniselwa John Bhengu (born 24 May 1953) is a South African social philosopher, author and former politician, best known for his writings on Ubuntu and African humanism. Quotes "Gandhi gave India the spiritual concept of 'soul force' (satyagraha), a capacity to sustain and transcend physical discomfort in a triumph of concentration and restraint. Why should we Africans not give South Africa that 'soul force' (ubuntu)." Thaddeus Metz discussing Mfuniselwa John Bhengu's concept of Ubuntu in Ubuntu as a Moral Theory and Human Rights in South Africa, African Human Rights Law Journal (2011). "Ubuntu is a kind of divine element. There is God in a human being." Mfuniselwa John Bhengu discussing Ubuntu and its spiritual foundation in an interview published in Ubuntu and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Strife of Interpretations (2013). "The new order, born of the victory in 1994, inherited a well-entrenched value system that placed individual acquisition of wealth at the very centre of the value system of our society as a whole." Mfuniselwa John Bhengu discussing the value system inherited by post-apartheid South Africa during the launch of his book on Ubuntu (19 February 2007). "We must react and respond urgently to the visible virus that is destroying and reducing the cell of humanity to ruins and fragments." Mfuniselwa John Bhengu calling for the restoration of Ubuntu values during the launch of his book on Ubuntu (19 February 2007). "One day, mankind will be measured by its compassion and Ubuntu, which is above law, and beyond black and white." Mfuniselwa John Bhengu reflecting on compassion and Ubuntu as universal values during the launch of his book on Ubuntu (19 February 2007). "The present Western economic model is catastrophically failing the whole world." Mfuniselwa John Bhengu discussing African Economic Humanism and the limitations of the Western economic model. "Recovery of African values means to discover our history." Mfuniselwa John Bhengu discussing the recovery of African values in Beyond 'Umnguni' – Our Primeval Father. "To come to know ourselves as we were prior to our recreation by aliens means we will be in charge of our own becoming." Mfuniselwa John Bhengu discussing African identity and historical consciousness in Beyond 'Umnguni' – Our Primeval Father. External links