Decolonizing Ubuntu Leadership Coaching Research: Reclaiming Afrocentric Ontology & Epistemology
DATE & TIME:
June 12, 2026 9:30 am - 11:00 am
This interactive session centres Ubuntu as a foundational, indigenous African leadership philosophy essential to the vibrant future of coaching research. By exploring Ubuntu, we illuminate the rich opportunities for expanding the coaching research ecosystem and its knowledge base.
Rather than questioning its place, this session demonstrates the transformative power of Ubuntu as an equal, rigorous theoretical framework capable of profound scientific commentary. Through collaborative dialogue, delegates integrate practical pathways for harmonising Afrocentric ontologies and epistemologies within coaching research and curricula.
Join us to broaden the horizons of knowledge and shape the landscape of leadership coaching research through a profoundly relational, contextually grounded, and inclusive lens.
about the speaker
Abongile Sipondo
Executive Coach | Indigenous Philosophy Advocate
Executive Coach | Indigenous Philosophy Advocate
Abongile Sipondo is a Senior Leader and Scholar dedicated to reclaiming Ubuntu as a foundational leadership philosophy. His work positions Indigenous African ontology as a rigorous and equal paradigm in global coaching research.