I Spent Two Weeks With South Africa’s Black One Percent—Here’s How It Changed Me

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By Jasmine Browley ·Updated December 15, 2023

I learned a word I love while in South Africa. Ubuntu. It’s a Bantu term that means “humanity.” Contextually, it’s translated to “I am because we are…I am because you are”). The spirit of that word filled me up when I had the once ina lifetime opportunity to visit the country earlier this year.

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