Decolonizing African Leadership Coaching by Integrating Ubuntu Ontology and Epistemology

Leadership coaching in Africa is largely shaped by Western philosophies, often sidelining African worldviews like Ubuntu, which emphasizes interconnectedness and humanity. This conceptual paper addresses the lack of African perspectives in leadership coaching by proposing an Ubuntu-informed framework. Through an integrative literature review, the study critiques the dominance of Eurocentric epistemologies and highlights the absence of African ontologies in existing coaching models. It calls for decolonizing leadership coaching and incorporating Ubuntu to promote more authentic, culturally relevant practices, contributing to a movement toward inclusive and pluralistic approaches in leadership development on the continent.