Nomsa Kupi Manaka (an haife ta a shekara ta 1962) yar'asalin Afirka ta Kudu ce mai raye-raye, mawaƙiya kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo. An haifi Manaka a 1962 a Orlando, a cikin biranen Soweto a Johannesburg . Kasancewar an horar da ita a harkar rawa, tana koyar da rawa a cibiyar Funda wacce mijinta, Matsemela Manaka ya kafa. A cikin 1989, ta yi wani wasan kwaikwayo, Gorée, wanda aka saita a wannan wurin tara bayi don zuwa Amurka, da kuma ma'amala da tafiya ta ruhaniya na wata budurwa bakar fata. Wannan matar ta koyi rawar Afirka, wanda ya kai ta ga gano kanta. Ta yi balaguro zuwa nahiyar kuma ta ƙare a Gorée. A can, ta haɗu da wata tsohuwa, wacce Sibongile Khumalo ta buga, yana taimaka mata ta san al'adun ta na Afirka. A shekarar 1991, Manaka ta kafa mujallar rawa, Rainbow of Hope, kuma ta kirkiro abubuwan waka, gami da na opera 'Yar Nebo, a shekarar 1993. A cikin abubuwan kirkira n'a tarihinta, ta haɗu da al'adun Afirka da hanyoyin kusancin rawan zamani.