Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews OLG (20 Ọktoba 1901 - 11 Mee 1968 [1]) bụ onye isi ojii ama ama na South Africa, na-akụzi nkuzi na South African Native College (nke akpọrọ Mahadum Fort Hare na 1955), bụ ebe ọtụtụ ndị isi na kọntinent Africa n'ọdịnihu so na ụmụ akwụkwọ ya.
Z.K. A mụrụ Matthews na Winter's Rush dị nso na Kimberley na 1901, nwa nwoke nke onye ọrụ ogbunigwe Bamangwato. Z.K. tolitere na Kimberley mepere emepe, mana ọ nọgidere na-enwe mmekọrịta chiri anya na ndị ikwu Barolong nke nne ya. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Mission na Cape Cape ebe ọ gara Lovedale. Mgbe Lovedale gachara, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na South African Native College na Fort Hare, na 1923 o dere ule mpụga nke Mahadum South Africa.
N'afọ 1924, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Adams College na Natal, ebe Albert Luthuli bụkwa onye nkuzi.[2] Ya na Luthuli gara nzukọ nke Durban Joint Council ma nwee ọfịs na Natal Teacher's Association, nke o mechara bụrụ onye isi oche.
Ọ bụ mgbe ọ nọ na Natal, na 1928, ka ọ lụrụ Frieda Bokwe, ada John Knox Bokwe, onye ọ zutere dị ka nwa akwụkwọ na Fort Hare. A mụrụ nwa ha nwoke, Joe na 1929 na Durban.[3]
Na 1930, ka ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na nzuzo, Matthews nwetara akara ugo mmụta LLB na South Africa, nzere mahadum South Africa nyere ya ọzọ. A nabatara ya dị ka onye ọka iwu ma mee ya obere oge na Alice. Na 1933, a kpọrọ ya ka ọ gụọ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Yale dị na United States, ebe ahụ n'afọ na-esote ọ gụchara MA. Ọ gara n'ihu nọrọ otu afọ na London School of Economics ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ gbasara mmadụ n'okpuru Bronisław Malinowski.
Ọ laghachiri South Africa na 1935 ma na 1936 a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye nkuzi na Social Anthropology na Native Law and Administration na Mahadum Fort Hare. Mgbe Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu lara ezumike nká na 1944, e buliri Matthews ka ọ bụrụ Prọfesọ wee bụrụ onye isi nke Ngalaba Ọmụmụ Africa nke Fort Hare.
Matthews ejighị onwe ya naanị n'ọmụmụ ihe agụmakwụkwọ; ọ jikọtara ọmụmụ ya banyere nkà mmụta ihe ọmụmụ na iwu na itinye aka na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. Ọ chọtara ezi ụlọ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ya na ANC. Ọ na Sol Plaatje, bụ́ nnukwu onye ikwu ya na-aga ọmụmụ ihe mgbe ọ bụ nwata, ma ọ bụ nanị na 1940 ka ọ ghọrọ onye òtù nke òtù ahụ. N'afọ 1943, a họpụtara ya na Kọmitii Executive nke Mba ma n'otu oge ahụ ọ ghọrọ onye òtù nke Native Representative Council, otu ndụmọdụ naanị nke a kagburu dị ka "ihe eji egwuri egwu ekwentị" na nke Z.K. hụrụ n'ozuzu ya na-akụda mmụọ, ọ bụ ezie na ọ hụrụ na imeso Native Education Act nke 1945 bụ "ahụmahụ bara uru" ọ bụghị maka usoro ahụ kama maka ndị ọ zutere. Na June 1949, Matthews nọchiri James Calata dị ka onye isi ala nke ANC na Cape.
Na June 1952, na mbido mkpọsa Defiance, ọ hapụrụ South Africa, wee were ọnọdụ dị ka prọfesọ nleta na Union Theological Seminary nke New York.
Ọ laghachiri n'ụlọ na May 1953, ma ọ bụ ezie na ọ nọghị na Congress of People na 1955, o nyeere Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein aka n'ịmepụta akwụkwọ ikike nnwere onwe nke a nabatara n'ebe ahụ. Denis Goldberg kwadoro ya na ọ bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị na-akpata atụmatụ maka ikpokọta na idekọ ọchịchọ nke ndị mmadụ maka Charter.[4]
E jidere Matthews na Disemba 1956 ma bụrụ otu n'ime ndị a na-ebo ebubo na Trial Treason. Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya n'ikpe ahụ na ngwụcha afọ 1958, ọ laghachiri na Fort Hare, mana ọ gbara arụkwaghịm n'ọkwa ya iji mee mkpesa megide iwu nke belatara mahadum ahụ ka ọ bụrụ kọleji agbụrụ maka naanị ndị Xhosa.
N'afọ 1961, ọ kwagara Geneva ka ọ bụrụ odeakwụkwọ nke ngalaba Africa nke World Council of Churches.
Na 1966, ọ nabatara ọkwa nke onye nnọchi anya Botswana e hibere ọhụrụ na United States wee nwụọ n'ebe ahụ na Washington na 11 Mee 1968.