Two Fires, One Circle: African Indigenous Knowledge and Sqilxwcawt Indigenous Relationality in Conversation

 This article places HuUbuntu—”I am because we are,” drawn from the Shona concept of Hunhu and the Nguni concept ofUbuntu in Southern Africa—into direct conversation with Sqilxwcawt, Indigenous relationality as understood and practised on Okanagan Sqilxw lands. We write as two people from two distinct traditions, sitting at two fires within one circle, askingwhat each tradition might teach the other about relationality, land, Elders, and harmonious living. 

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Makokoro, P., & Marchand, R. (2026). Two fires, one circle: African Indigenous knowledge and Sqilxwcawt Indigenous relationality in conversation. Exchange Press: Early Childhood Around the World.