Brigalia Bam
Brigalia Bam | |
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Born | Brigalia Ntombemhlope Bam 1933 (age 90–91) Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Occupation(s) | Social activist and writer. |
Brigalia Ntombemhlope Bam (born 1933) is an
Personal life
Brigalia Ntombemhlope Bam was born in 1933 in the former Transkei, in the Eastern Cape. Although Bam trained and worked as a teacher, she received further training in South Africa and abroad in the fields of social work, communication, and management. She is a qualified social worker with a post-graduate degree from the University of Chicago.[1]
Professional life
Bam has held various posts throughout the world. She was the Africa Regional Secretary and Co-ordinator of the Women’s Workers' Programme for the
In South Africa, she was a founding member of the Women’s Development Foundation and became the Foundation’s President in 1998. She has been a board member of the Matla Trust as well as the
She is the chancellor of the Walter Sisulu University.[3] She is currently a member of the International Elections Advisory Council.
Awards
- In 1999 the Order of Simon of Cyrene[citation needed]
- The Order of the Baobab in Silver[1]
- In 2000 The SAWW Award[4]
- The 2011 Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award[5]
- Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation 2013[6]
- Honorary Doctorate in Literature, March 2019, University of the Witwatersrand[7]
Publications
- 1971: What is Ordination Coming To?[8]
- 1979: New Perspectives for Third World Women[9]
- 1994: Women Voices Worldwide[10]
- 1998: All about Eve: women of Africa in Anglicanism: A Global Communion[11]
- 1986: Priorities for Women in South Africa in Speaking of faith: cross-cultural perspectives on women, religion and social change[12]
References
- ^ a b c Anon (2009). "The Order of the Baobab in Silver". The Presidency, Republic of South Africa. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ Anon (2012). "Panel of the Wise". The European Commission. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ Anon (2013). "THE CHANCELLOR". Walter Sisulu University. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ Anon (2000). "4th Annual SAWW Awards". SAWW. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Shoprite Holdings | Women of the Year 2011 winners announced!". www.shopriteholdings.co.za. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Anon (2013). "South Africa's former election head receives Gandhi Peace Award". The Economic Times. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "2019 - Writers, poets and activists to be honoured by Wits - Wits University".
- ^ Brigalia Bam (1971). What is Ordination Coming To? Report of a Consultation on the Ordination of Women Held in Cartigny, Geneva, Switzerland 21st-26th September, 1970. Ed. by Brigalia Bam.
- ^ Brigalia H. Bam; Lotika Sarkar (1979). New Perspectives for Third World Women. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society.
- ^ Brigalia Bam (1994). Women Voices Worldwide. IDOC internazionale.
- ISBN 978-0-89869-304-1.
- ISBN 9780704340169.