In this three-part series, Toronto Review correspondent Sigrun Marie Moss will examine Ubuntu, the meta-philosophy of Sub-Saharan Africa. This third and final installment, examines whether the belief may serve to escalate, rather than decrease, conflict.

In the second installment of her analysis of ubuntu, the African meta-philosophy, Review Africa correspondent Sigrun Marie Moss ponders the ancient outlook’s possible downsides. Specifically, does this communal belief hinder individual African entrepreneurship — and in so doing, curse Africa’s prospects for prosperity?

In this three-part series, Toronto Review correspondent Sigrun Marie Moss will examine Ubuntu, the meta-philosophy of Sub-Saharan Africa.