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Sawubona is an African Zulu greeting that means, “I see you.” It goes far beyond the rote, “Hello,” or, “How are you?” so many of us say every day. Sawubona says, “I see deeper than the surface. I see your personality. I see what makes you unique. I see you as a person with dignity, worthy of my respect.”

Ngikhona is the traditional response to sawubona. It means, “I am here.” In the Zulu culture, the call “Sawubona” says, “I see you. You are a person.” And the response, “Ngikhona,” says, “Because you see me, I am here.” There is a question underneath that greeting: If you do not see me, do I exist? Indeed, the Zulu proverb “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” means, “A person is a person because of other people.”