File:Amanda Black Ungenaphi.jpg Amanda Benedicta Antony (owazalwa zingama-24 kuNtulikazi 1993), odume ngegama lesiteji sakhe Amanda Black , ungumlobi-wengoma waseNingizimu Afrika kanye nomculi wokuqopha owathola ukuqashelwa ngonyaka ka-2016 kulandela ukukhishwa kwakhe eyodwa ethi "Amazulu", eyaphakanyiswa kaningana imiklomelo yomculo. I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yesonto uAmazulu yaqinisekiswa iplatinamu emasontweni amathathu ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo ngokusemthethweni. Amanda Benedicta Antony is Xhosa. She was born on 24 July 1993 in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa and grew up in Butterworth, Eastern Cape where she spent most of her early life. The songstress later moved to Port Elizabeth where she completed her high school studies at Kabega Christian School, Port Elizabeth before she proceeded to further her education at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University where she studied Music Education. Waqala ukucula esemncane esontweni nasesikoleni waze wafika eneminyaka eyi-12 lapho eqala ukuncintisana ekuzingeleni ithalente okwamveza ukuthi usezingeni eliphezulu. Uke wabamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni ezintathu ze-Idols South Africa kodwa waba yintandokazi yabalandeli kwi-Season 11 yombukiso wamathalente lapho enza khona waba seqophelweni 7. Ngokubheka umsebenzi wakhe wezomculo, wathuthela eGoli ngoJanuwari 2016 lapho wasondela ku-Ambitiouz Entertainment emnikeza inkontileka yokuqopha.