8Lady Ubuntu Bowl Metallic on Charcoal

The Ubuntu Bowl is the signature product of Zizamele Ceramics. 8 African lady figures hold hands around the rim of the hand-thrown charcoal clay bowl. They wear their African headscarves and carry their babies tied to their backs in traditional fashion.

The geometric African patterns are hand-painted using white and metallic glazes. “UMUNTU ngumuntu ngabantu” is a complex Nguni word that means “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.”   “I am what I am because of who we all are."  In Africa, the definition of an individual is community-based and not individualist. The Ubuntu bowls with their women holding hands in a spirit of Ubuntu, represent this philosophy.