Inclusivity, the African way: Belonging in African Thought

Date: Wednesday 12th October 2022

Time: 14:30 - 16:30

Location: Syndicate Room B, Building One, University of Exeter, EX4 4PU

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Online Access: Via Zoom (Link provided once registered)

OVERVIEW

This seminar is an invitation to explore African thoughts about inclusivity and belonging.

SPEAKERS

Blessing Chapfika from Hull University will demonstrate, through Ubuntu philosophy, that a community is where different people meet and commit to accept and respect each other’s unique identity and ways of being. Specifically, Blessing will argue that an Ubuntu-based community enables particularising and universalising value processes to co-exist.

Nancy Katingima Day of the University of Exeter will explore some of the tensions, challenges, and applications of inclusion/exclusion through African creative arts. Nancy will do this by emphasising the ontological imperatives exemplified in African creative arts. Together, the presenters will discuss issues such as value-negotiation versus value-imposition, subservience versus interdependence, silo-working versus collaboration in search for positive ways of promoting inclusivity and a sense of belonging in the university community.

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