Chris Abani on ubuntu: "the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me"

                                                                              
This amazing talk by Chris Abani of Nigeria, about how it takes countless acts of kindness to bring about lasting social change, and illustrates his point with moving stories, sometimes heroic, sometimes sweet, sometimes horrific.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa.html