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Biography

Nkateko Masinga is an award-winning South African writer and scholar. She is a 2019 Fellow of the Ebedi International Writers Residency, a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow, and a Golden Key Scholar. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2018 and her work has received support from Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, the Swiss Arts Council, the Goethe-Institut South Africa in partnership with Hear My Voice, the Centre for Creative Arts, and others. In 2019, she co-won the Brittle Paper Anniversary Award. In 2024, she was shortlisted for the Evaristo Prize for African Poetry. Nkateko is the director of the Internship Program at Africa In Dialogue, as well as the founder and managing director of NSUKU Publishing Consultancy. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa's 2021 International Writing Program (IWP) and served as the guest editor of the ‘Please See Me’ Summer Supplement, comprised of work by fellow IWP alumni. In 2022 she was selected by News24 as one of South Africa's 30 Young Mandelas of the Future. Nkateko's poetry has been translated into French, Bengali, Tamil, Kanada and Romanian. Her latest book, titled “Daughter Wound”, was published by UK publisher Hazel Press in April 2024 and was Book of the Week at the London Review Bookshop in its week of release. In January 2025, The Inside Education Foundation listed Nkateko amongst South Africa's 100 Shining Stars, in the Arts and Culture category.

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Total articles 8

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  Ode to the Powerless: Bessie Head’s ‘A Question of Power’ through a Personal Lens

  By Nkateko Masinga

  Mar. 09, 2023

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  Before The Flood by Nkateko Masinga

  By Nkateko Masinga

  Nov. 09, 2022

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  Starlight and Time by Nkateko Masinga

  By Nkateko Masinga

  Jul. 26, 2022

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