This guide supports an optional discussion or activity inspired by Ubuntu. It does not authorize speaking for African cultures, promise community healing, or turn a philosophical tradition into a standardized clinical intervention.
How to use this page
Review the framework with participants before choosing an activity. The time estimate covers preparation; an actual group needs its own consent, safeguarding, and facilitation plan.
Name the lens and invite alternatives
Acknowledge Southern African roots and diverse interpretations. Explain the specific connection to More Than Therapy’s ethos without presenting a single universal definition. Ask whether participants want to use this lens, another relational tradition, or ordinary language about support. Do not appoint a participant as a cultural representative.
Make participation genuinely optional
Offer listening, writing, fictional examples, and passing. Explain what privacy can and cannot be expected in the setting. Avoid public need inventories, compulsory gratitude, forgiveness exercises, or assignments to reconnect with unsafe people. Receiving support must not depend on contribution.
Share responsibility for access
Ask about conditions that make participation possible, including language, cost, sensory needs, transport, and physical access. Do not make individuals solve every barrier themselves. At review, ask whose voice was missing and what the group or organization can change. Keep commitments limited, specific, and consensual.
Reflection prompts
Use these questions in conversation, on paper, or in the downloaded PDF. You may adapt or skip a prompt.
- One change to the invitation, participation options, or access arrangements