Wolof language
The concept of "I am because we are", sometimes translated as "humanitude", also has equivalents in non-Bantu-speaking Africa: Burkina Faso (maaya), Cote d’Ivoire (maaya), Equatorial Guinea (maaya), Guinea (maaya), Gambia (maaya), Ghana (biako ye; Akan), Liberia (maaya), Mali (maaya (Bambara)/de ya), Sierra Leonne (maaya), Nigeria (iwa in Yoruba and agwa in Igbo). In addition, it is called "boroterey" in the Songhay languages and "nite" in the Wolof language.