# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/z-k-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:56:34.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/z-k-matthews"
name: "Z. K. Matthews"
slug: "z-k-matthews"
description: "Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews OLG was a prominent black academic in South Africa, lecturing at South African Native College. Many future leaders of the African continent were among his students."
tagline: "Bamangwato academic in South Africa (1901-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ZKMatthewsUFH.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1901"
deathDate: "1968-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.618612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zachariah_Keodirelang_Matthews"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z.K._Matthews"
    title: "Z.K. Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "زد كي. ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%89._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "زد كى. ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachariah_Keodirelang_Matthews"
    title: "Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z._K._Matthews"
    title: "Z. K. Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z._K._Matthews"
    title: "Z. K. Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z._K._Matthews"
    title: "Z. K. Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump