Ubuntu research approach (URA)

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Applying Ubuntu principles when researching including using Ubuntu philosophy, knowledge, theories, ethics and techniques. For African research, this is the overarching approach. Other important issues in research driven by the Ubuntu philosophy include use of local languages in seeking consent, collecting data and communicating findings, using languages that people understand. Ubuntu-driven research values humane approaches and discourages cheating, deceit, harm, injustice, unfair compensation and disrespect. Ubuntu-driven research is ontologically relational, it is epistemologically co-creational, theoretically humane and methodologically collaborative (Mugumbate, 2020).

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