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"Gandhi gave India the spiritual concept of 'soul force' (satyagraha), a capacity to sustain and transcend physical discomfort in a triumph of concentration and restraint. Why should we Africans not give South Africa that 'soul force' (ubuntu)."

— Mfuniselwa John Bhengu

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Source: Thaddeus Metz discussing Mfuniselwa John Bhengu's concept of Ubuntu in Ubuntu as a Moral Theory and Human Rights in South Africa, African Human Rights Law Journal (2011).
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