Nomthandazo Tsembeni Biography

Born and bred in the dusty streets of Welkom, Free State, South Africa, on August 25th,1992.
Nomthandazo Tsembeni, a tenth born from Boniwe Manyiki and Thamsanqa Tsembeni.

An award winning poet whose poem 'The Hardest Part' won an online poetry contest with distinctions. She has contributed two of her poems in a not yet published anthology called Via Grapevine V1, where she was acknoledged for an online poetry group she founded called Poetic Design.
She is also writting a book that will soon be published, although she cannot even mention its name yet.

She has won an award through an arts festival hosted by Moduwana District, where she obtained the first position in poetry.
She is not just a writer for poetry, she is a music writer, a drum student and performer, a music writer and a vocalist whose tracks are available on the google simply by searching 'Lady Black Poet'.

She describes herself as a descendant of her ancestors who was given birth and brough to the earth to speak workds many cannot utter. To tell the untold stories and unfold the hidden truths. A humbled African queen who finds peace in communicating with her torn hearts and souls of individuals through the words she writes without even thinking.

'Poetry is rooted in me, it is locked in my veins. It is a catalyst that helps my heart beat faster than it actually should. It is more like a seed that was implanted within me before i was conceived and grew along with me, thus i believe i have matured in time like wine, and not fresh milk to Inkomazi'.