Umunthu as a Way of Knowing in Coaching

This session introduces Umunthu not as cultural metaphor or contextual adaptation, but as a coherent African way of knowing capable of informing coaching theory, methodology, and ethics. Grounded in relational ontology, moral accountability, and collective becoming, Umunthu reframes leadership and coaching as fundamentally communal and ethically situated practices. Drawing from practice-based research and applications of the Umunthu Leadership Framework, this session explores how Indigenous African philosophy deepens our understanding of identity, responsibility, power, and transformation within coaching conversations.