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CommunityISSUE 39 | JULY 2025 37%u201cI am because we are.%u201dThis is not a quote. It is a philosophy. A way of life. It is Ubuntu.In a world obsessed with individualism, competition, and personal gain, the African principle of Ubuntu has quietly endured. Not as a relic of the past, but as a timeless truth, one that the Western world never taught, perhaps never wanted to teach.How do you build community when you reward self-centeredness?How do you heal the world when your systems incentivize hoarding, extraction, and domination?How do you claim to lead the %u201cfree world%u201d when your societies are more isolated, anxious, and divided than ever before?UBUNTUTHE POWER YOU WERE NOT TAUGHTBy Yaw Kissi, GhanaCommunity