LJU4801
ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 1 2022
UNIQUE NUMBER:
QUESTION 1
The author addresses the concept of Ubuntu. Ubuntu emphasis a notion of social
harmony, love, togetherness and tolerance.1 It “defines the nature of relationships
among Africans. It highlights the significance of being humane in Africa. It shows how
humanism encompasses a strong consideration of the other through whom one
defines oneself”.2
1 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 627.
2 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 128.
ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 1 2022
UNIQUE NUMBER:
QUESTION 1
The author addresses the concept of Ubuntu. Ubuntu emphasis a notion of social
harmony, love, togetherness and tolerance.1 It “defines the nature of relationships
among Africans. It highlights the significance of being humane in Africa. It shows how
humanism encompasses a strong consideration of the other through whom one
defines oneself”.2
1 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 627.
2 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 128.