Z. K. Matthews

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthew OLG (20 October 1901 – 11 May 1968 was a prominent black academic in South Africa, lecturing at South African Native College (renamed University of Fort Hare in 1955). Many future leaders of the African continent were among his students. Quotes Whichever way one looks at it and in every sphere of life under the inexorable march of the policy of apartheid, doors previously opened are being closed and doors hitherto closed are being barred and bolted and the different sections of the population are being called upon to live in watertight compartments to be opened occasionally on the arbitrary say-so of some government official or other. It would probably be alarmist to say that there can be no alternative to a clash of colour in South Africa. On the other hand, it would be criminal self-complacency to disregard the signs of the times which indicate that there is not much time left for men and women of goodwill on both sides of the colour line to come together to save South Africa for its inhabitants in particular and for the world in general. It is to be hoped that common sense may yet prevail and this fair land saved from race riots, bloodshed, and the other bitter fruits of racial discrimination. External links Category:Academics from South Africa Category:1901 births Category:1968 deaths Category:Anthropologists from South Africa Category:African National Congress politicians