Toward an African <i>Ubuntuology/uMunthuology</i> Bioethics in Malawi in the Context of Globalization

Abstract This chapter provides a traditional view on African bioethics, featuring bioethics in native Malawi. It focuses on African ubuntu/uMunthu ethical theory and bioethics, which take on the key social function of restoring and preserving the national cultural heritage in Malawi and urging medical students to apply bioethics in their medical practice. The chapter concludes with a description of the cultural meanings of communalistic African Bantu bioethics, including its relational concepts of humanism, personhood, and interdependence self-determination.