# On humanity

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2008
- Speaker: Chris Abani
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_abani_on_humanity)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.

## Lectures

1. [On humanity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chris_abani_on_humanity/4237e7bc1ad8), 16 min (TED's player)