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CONFERENCE SUBTHEMES

Sub-themes include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

Theorising Ubuntu	Ubuntu and contemporary African identities	Getting Black Africa out of bondage and into dominion
Ubuntu (Hunhu/Botho/Wutu) Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila as matrix of Ubuntu/Hunhu/Setso/Wutu Humanising Black Africa and the Black African race-nations Ubuntu and decoloniality Ubuntu and knowledge Ubuntu and indigeneity Ubuntu as a geopolitical concept Ubuntu and Digitising the Humanities Ubuntu and STEM/STEAM	Ubuntu and being (A)Bantu/Vanhu/Batho/Watu Ubuntu and racial, ethnic, national, religious, and linguistic identities Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila, feminism, and LGBTQI+ agenda Ubuntu and the Decolonisation agenda Ubuntu and human sexuality Resolving the Black African identity crisis Ubuntu as a geopolitical tool of the (A)Bantu/Vanhu/Batho/Watu Ubuntu, globalisation, and internationalisation Ubuntu, Pan-Africanism, and Afrocentricity	Ubuntu and the Black African condition Ubuntu and hegemonic discourses of development Ubuntu and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila innovation, science and technology Social protection and inclusion for the Black African peoples in the digital era Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila and climate change
Ubuntu and holistic well-being in the 4IR era	Ubuntu, religion and spirituality in a digital age	Politics and governance in the light of Ubuntu philosophy
Ubuntu counselling models Ubuntu and Restorative Justice Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila inspired Social Programs and Mental Health and Well-being solutions Ubuntu and AI-driven Social Work interventions Behavioural finance, coping and stress management	Ubuntu and Indigenous/traditional religion African Christian anthropology in a digital age Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila spirituality and religiosity Reimagining Ubuntu theology in the digital era Ubuntu as a spirituality of liberation Ubuntu and Pastoral Care in a digital age	Humane migrant management regimes Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila vs hegemonic discourses human rights, child rights, and animal rights Chivanhu/Setso/Isintu/Mila and ‘living for democracy’ Decolonising International Relations and Diplomacy Ubuntu and African politics Defining and affirming interests of the Black African race-nations for a new geopolitical dispensation