Nkateko Masinga is a South African writer, performance poet and scholar whose interests traverse the intersections between narrative medicine, life writing and social justice. She is intrigued by the stories of individuals who exist at the margins of society, while her current work explores the complex and often tumultuous relationships that daughters have with their mothers. Her latest book, Daughter Wound, was published by UK publisher Hazel Press in 2024 and was named Book of the Week at the London Review Bookshop in its week of release. She was shortlisted for the 2023 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry and has received translations of her work in French, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada and Romanian.