FW: <OT> Ubuntu to all

[Net Llama!]

Dirk,
Could you please (re)configure your mail client to sanely quote emails 
when you're replying?  I can't figure out where your reply begins in any 
of your emails, as nothing is ever quoted.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Dirk Moolman wrote:

>
> [Matthew]
>
> Hey all,
>
> My wife and I recently housed a refugee family for a week before they
> moved
> into their new home.  My church sponsored the family to come over from
> Rwanda
> where they've been living in less than ideal circumstances (refugee
> camp) for
> 10-15 years.  The father speaks French and his native tribal tongue, his
> wife
> only speaks the tribal dialect and his five children have a smattering
> of
> both.
>
> While my French took a soaring leap during that week, it had no where
> else to
> go but up, and I found it easier to communicate when some other refugee
> folks
> came over to visit.  Turns out they had been in the same camp, and the
> father
> of the new family had taught them French in the refugee camp.
>
> So while the refugee friend, Dale, was over I asked if he had ever heard
> of
> the term UBUNTU.  He immediately showed a sign of recognition, and we
> chatted
> a bit about what it means.  It turns out, almost all tribal languages in
>
> Africa share a lot of the same words.  Their use and pronunciation
> varies a
> bit between dialects, but UBUNTU means basically the same thing
> throughout
> the whole continent.  Everybody in our refugee family had two names...
> one
> was French-derived, and the other was their African name and means
> something.
> Oddly enough, one of their names had "ubunto" on the end, and it is
> based on
> the word Ubuntu.  Very cool.
>
> Anyway, happy trivia, guys :)
>
>
>
> [Dirk]
>
> Ubuntu:  "I am human, because you are human",
>
> A figure of speech that describes the importance of group solidarity on
> issues that were pivotal to the survival of the African communities, who
> as a consequence of poverty and deprivation have to survive through
> group care and not only individual reliance.
>
>
> Dirk
>
>
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>
>
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