Volume 13, Number 3

Rethinking Community Well-Being in Postcolonial Africa in the Context of Ubuntu

  Authors

Agrippa Chingombe ¹ and George Simbanegavi ², ¹ University of Johannesburg, South Africa, ² University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

  Abstract

The study explores the concept of community well-being in post-colonial Africa. The paper illustrates how Ubuntu principles can guide community-driven initiatives that promote community wellbeing through qualitative analysis of studies from some African countries. The paper avers that community well-being in requires a multi-dimensional approach that embraces social, economic, cultural and political models against the most famous Western bio-medical views.The study found that community well-being, though not popular in education, is being embraced in African schools. By integrating Ubuntu into the discourse on wellbeing, we contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be a health society. The study recommends provision of resources that nurture, strengthen and support community-based initiatives and programs for community wellbeing and such initiatives must be grounded on the fundamentals of Ubuntu values.

  Keywords

Ubuntu, Community wellbeing, Post-colonial Africa.