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Emmy Kosgei

Made Kalenjin gospel a national music

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She sings in Kalenjin and took vernacular gospel from a regional form to something the whole country listens to.

Emmy Kosgei is a Kenyan gospel musician and cultural figure who sings primarily in her native Kalenjin, pioneering vernacular gospel and raising it to national prominence.

She found wide fame with the album Taunet Nelel, which blended contemporary Christian music with traditional African rhythms.
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