Amanie Illfated (pronounced ah-MAH-nee eel-fay-ted) is an award winning South Sudanese born international recording artist who has been described as the “African M.I.A.” with “a touch of Chloe Bailey”. Her music consists of thought-provoking lyrics mixed with R&B and fused with Reggae, Afropop and Trap inspired drums.

She released her genre bending album ‘SATURN’ in October 2019 containing multilingual tracks like ‘The Hills’ and ‘You Will Never Know' which have been played on various international radio shows including CBC’s Fresh Air. She has performed on Rogers TV for talk show 'Men 101' and CTV Morning Regina as well as numerous festivals such as Afrofest and Francophonie En Fête, South Sudan Unite 2019 Minneapolis held by former NBA Player Luol Deng and at Hollywood North Toronto’s 5th Annual TIFF Gala alongside Just John. Additionally, she shared the stage with highly acclaimed artists P.Square, Dynamq, Emmanuel Jal and Kobo Town.

Amanie won Best R&B Artist of the Year at the 2021 South Sudan Music Awards and received 2 nominations by African Entertainment Awards for Best Female Artist and Musician of the Year by South Sudanese ACE Awards.

Amanie is currently working on her upcoming album, DIVINE, set to be released in spring 2022.