Anjimile Chithambo (born 1993), better known by their first name (pronounced “ann-JIM-uh-lee”), is an American singer-songwriter based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Born in West Virginia to conservative, Presbyterian immigrants from Malawi, Anjimile was raised between Iowa and Richardson, Texas. They describe themself as a “queer & trans songmaker / boy king”.

Anjimile started playing guitar around sixth grade, and sang in school choirs from fifth grade to high school graduation. During their teenage years, they discovered artists like Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine, which influenced them to play fingerstyle guitar.

Anjimile wrote their first song at 18, in the summer before moving to Boston, where they were a music industry student at Northeastern University. While in Boston, they began performing at the school’s open mic and local venues, self-releasing their debut EP, In the Garden, in 2012.

In 2015, Anjimile released their first full-length studio album, Human Nature. Around that time, they stopped playing shows and writing songs “to focus on drinking.” In 2016, they went to rehab in Florida, where they wrote the EP Good Boy, recorded entirely on their smartphone. During the rehab stint, Anjimile came out as trans and began the transition process the following year, with the aim of making their appearance more masculine.

In 2020, they released their critically acclaimed, proper debut album, Giver Taker, through indie label Father/Daughter Records.