B. Answer these questions.
1. Why did the man come to Africa?
2. What did the man buy for his children?
3. Describe the game that the man played with the children.
4. Why did all the children run together towards the basket?
5. What did the man ask the children after all of them reached the basket together
6. How were the children able to teach an important lesson to the man?
7. What did the man understand about 'Ubuntu'?
8. 'Everyone wins' - Explain the meaning of these words.
Answers
The answers to the given questions are as follows:
1. The man came to Africa because he was an anthropologist who wanted to study the habits and culture of a remote African village.
2. The man bought a gift basket filled with fruits from around the region for the children.
3. The man drew a line and asked the children to stand behind it. He said when he says so the children must run towards the nearest tree and whoever reaches there first will receive the gift basket.
4. All the children ran towards the basket because they wanted to enjoy the fruits together as a group. They didn't want one one person to be happy and all the others sad.
5. The man asked the children why all of them ran together when one of them could have enjoyed all the fruits for themselves.
6. The children taught an important lesson about community by running towards the tree together as a group.
7. The concept of ubuntu taught about community wellbeing. It is a common thing amongst Africans where it is believed that a person is nothing without his community of his peers.
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