| Sumario: | A commentary on an article by Emmanuel C. Eze that appeared in this issue on pp. 77–94. In his article, Eze contended that, among a number of positive things, South African metaphors are as powerful and philosophically robust as American Pragmatism, French Existentialism, or German Idealism. The writer suggests that the focus on, and the critique of, ubuntu in a post-apartheid South Africa has become a driving force in today's African social and political philosophy, and that in spite of its weaknesses ubuntu could be used to tackle and prevent some of Africa's and the world's problems. The writer argues that concept needs to be developed a little bit more and thereby popularized.
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