by Hal Weaver and The Black Quaker Project.
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Bradford University Honors BQP Associate, World Citizen Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, with Honorary Doctor of Education! Dear F/friends,As the year closes, our ministry is thrilled to spotlight the achievements of our Associate and regular collaborator, Friend Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, who was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Education from the University of Bradford on 3 December 2024. This distinction follows her selection by the UK institution to deliver its fourth annual Adam Curle Peace Lecture in June (pioneering British Peace Studies scholar, Friend Adam Curle continues to be a frequent source of inspiration to the BlackQuaker Project). We encourage you to watch the videotaped ceremony of Friend Nozizwe’s response to receiving the doctorate as part of Bradford University’s Winter 2024 Graduations, available here. About Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge Friend Nozizwe was at the forefront of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle as an organizer in Steve Biko’s Black Consciousness Movement. During the country’s transition to self-governance in 1991, she served as a delegate of the African National Congress (ANC) at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESSA). She played key roles in South Africa’s parliament, serving as Deputy Minister of Defense (1999-2004), Deputy Minister of Health (2004–2007), and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (2008–2009). After leaving South Africa’s parliament, she co-founded the non profit Embrace Dignity, taught at Haverford College as a Friend in Residence for their Spring 2020 semester, and served as director of the Quaker United Nations Office-Geneva (2021-2024). She is a recipient of the Tanenbaum Peacemakers Award and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Haverford College.  Harold D. Weaver Jr. and Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge brief QUNO Geneva staff on Retrospective Justice (5 October 2022) Partnership with The BlackQuaker Project Over the past several years, Nozizwe has worked closely with the BlackQuaker Project to urge the international Quaker community to adopt a model of Retrospective Justice to heal past injustices. Nozizwe was an early interviewee for our Quakers of Color International Archive (QCIA) in June 2020; an early champion of our 2020 Pendle Hill pamphlet, Race, Systemic Violence and Retrospective Justice: An African American Quaker Scholar-Activist Challenges Conventional Narratives; and an honoree in our inaugural 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum. She has collaborated with Dr. Harold D. Weaver Jr. to develop lecture-presentations delivered to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (30 September 2022), the Quaker United Nations Office-Geneva (5 October 2022), the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (11 October 2022), World Quaker Day (1 October 2023), the Woodbrooke Seminar on Reparations (15 November 2023), the Pendle Hill First-Monday Lecture Seriesto inaugurate Black History Month (5 February 2024), and the 2024 World Plenary Meeting, hosted online and in Johannesburg, South Africa, by the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) this past August. Most recently, Nozizwe has founded and led the FWCC Participation, Action, Research, and Reflection Group on Reparatory and Retrospective Justice (FWCC PARR Group), with which the BQP is closely collaborating. Looking Ahead Friend Nozizwe is currently working with the BQP to develop a followup to their 2024 Pendle Hill First-Monday Lecture to kick off the 2025 Black History Month. This joint-presentation on Quakerism and the exponential impact of historical and ongoing injustice will take place over Zoom on Monday, 2 February 2025. We hope to see you there. Write to us with your comments and questions at theblackquakerproject@gmail.com. Peace and Blessings, The BlackQuaker Project Wellesley Friends Meeting New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) 5 December 2024 |
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Nozizwe the Quaker Socialist
As well as her work as a member of the ANC in the 1980s, and her subsequent role as a minister in the South African government, in 2021 Nozizwe also delivered the Salter Lecture for the Quaker Socialist Society. The annual Salter Lecture (named after Ada and Alfred Salter, Quaker Socialists prominent in the 1920s) is customarily given at the time of Britain Yearly Meeting. The title of her talk was ‘Quaker Values in South Africa’s Struggle’ and it is still available on You-tube. A link to the lecture and also the text may be found on this website in the section headed ‘Salter Lectures’. Nozizwe can also be found in the section headed ‘Gallery’, which features some of the famous Quaker Socialists past and present. The ‘Gallery’ is to be found as a sub-heading under ‘About’.
Quaker Socialist Society 