Philosophy, as a human inclination, is as old as human beings on Mother Earth. It is thus pluriversal. As an academic discipline, it remains a contested terrain, especially since colonization by the West and the economic fundamentalism known as globalization. The ubuntu perspective adopted here will take cognizance of the rivers of Africa as a source of philosophy (fluvial philosophy). I propose to examine this human condition critically, taking the philosophy of ubuntu as my point of departure.