Ubuntu Pedagogy in Pandemic Times: Teaching Africana Women’s Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis

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In this multimedia interactive presentation, Professors Bertrade Ngo-Ngijol Banoum and Mariama Khan (Lehman College) and their students, Eula Manning, Martha Hernandez, Daniel Pabon, and Hilda Turbin, explore the transformative power of Ubuntu pedagogy rooted in the African indigenous worldview of Ubuntu (oo-boon-too), the very essence of being human and inextricably connected to others. Ubuntu pedagogy is a humanistic approach to centering, engaging, and empowering students to be active contributors in participatory learning (Ukpokodu 2016; Alecia Blackwood 2018). The practice aligns teaching with critical issues of social justice and has added value in times of upheaval such as the COVID-19 crisis and its ramifications.

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About Jessica Murray

Jessica Murray received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY in 2020. She is the Director of Digital Communications for Transformative Learning in the Humanities (TLH), a three-year initiative supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She is also working on a web project with teaching materials about civil rights struggles in New York City, including disability rights history. She advocates for improving public transit accessibility in New York City for people with disabilities and chairs the Advisory Committee for Transit Accessibility for New York City Transit.