Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu: Proverbial Lore and African Interculturalism

African proverbs are part of the African peoples’ archives on histories of mobilities of people and objects, as well as histories of encounters between cultures, civilisations, traditions, spiritualities and ways of knowing. They reflect ways human beings live and interact with one another, and with the land and nature—relationally. More than being simply clever expressions, African proverbs teach us about what it means to live life and live it well—with fellow human beings and other beings, seen and unseen. This chapter argues that African proverbs constitute a rich reservoir from which we must search for the meaning of what African interculturalism might look like in theory and in practice.