Nkateko Masinga is an award-winning South African writer and scholar whose work is at the intersection of narrative medicine and social justice. She is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, 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 and was shortlisted for the AWDT African Writers Award. Her chapbook, “Psalm for Chrysanthemums,” was included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba), published by the African Poetry Book Fund and Akashic Books in 2020. 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. Her poetry has been translated into French, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada and Romanian. Her latest body of work, titled “Daughter Wound”, was published by UK publisher Hazel Press in April 2024 and was named 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.
