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M.anifest (born Kwame Ametepee Tsikata, November 20, 1982) is an award winning Ghanaian rapper and songwriter.

He has worked with the likes of Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen, Erykah Badu, and is featured on five songs on the Rocket Juice and The Moon album. He is the grandson of one of Africa’s foremost ethnomusicogists and composers J.H. Kwabena Nketia who he has said significantly influenced his music.

M.anifest won Best Rapper of the Year and Hip-Hop Song of the Year at the 2013 Ghana Music Awards after having been nominated twice in 2012 and thrice in 2013.
In 2015 M.anifest’s single “Someway bi” earned him a third place honor in the International Songwriters Competition (ISC).

M.anifest currently lives in Madina, Accra and Minneapolis.