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= Atemi Oyungu (Carol Lynn Atemi Oyungu) = Atemi Oyungu (born 22 December 1977) is a singer, songwriter, and vocal coach from Kenya.

Biography
Atemi was born in Nairobi Kenya to a musical family. She started singing at the junior church at the Nairobi Baptist Church when she was 10 years old. When she finished high school she and her group of musically inclined friends formed a gospel acapella group called Thrown Together By Christ. This budding group of vocalists received funding to travel to Zimbabwe on a musical tour. Atemi stayed with the group until she enrolled in the United States International University (USIU) to pursue a bachelor's degree in International Relations, with a minor in Marketing and Spanish. While at USIU she founded Karisma, a collective of musicians and dancers whose popularity grew due to their numerous performances at campus events. Karisma's 1997 performance at the Love Jam concert in Nairobi saw the ensemble grow into a smashing success. A year later, Atemi and Natasha Gatabaki, also a member of Karisma formed the duo INTU and began recording with Tedd Josiah, a well known Kenyan producer. Together they released several hits which were featured on a series on Kenyan compilations. INTU stayed together until Atemi and Natasha graduated in 2000, and decided to pursue further interests.

Music was the only pursuit that rang true for Atemi. So juggled her music career with her role as Events Manager for KlubHouse, and later events director at PHAT Music & Entertainment, client service manager at Face to Face Experiential Marketing Platforms and studio manager at Kijiji records. A In 2003 she joined Eric Wainaina's Mapinduzi band as a backing and lead vocalist and performed with the band in South Africa, the Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Germany and several others. All this musical and career experience provided Atemi the impetus she needed to quit the band in 2008 and finally begin and manage her own career as a recording artiste.

Solo Career
On her debut release of "Happy’’ in 2004, Kenyans were undoubtedly sure that the hit single was a product of an award winning musician such as Angie Stone or Aretha Franklin on account of Atemi's powerful vocal abilities which surpassed all local industry standards. Atemi's stage presence fills up and brightens up even the darkest and coldest of spaces.

Following the success of Happy Atemi was signed to Pine Creek Records in 2007 and a year later, she released her debut album "Hatimaye’’ which is Swahili for 'Finally'.  This prolific album was the product of several years of dedication to her craft, and it solidified her position as Kenya's premier Afro neo-soul artist.

Her widely anticipated sophomore album "Manzili - the State of Life" was released in 2013 to much acclaim. It has been described as her best work yet, owing to the fact that this was the first time that she wrote her own songs. The success of this album led her to be selected to perform alongside Grammy Award winner Anthony Hamilton in 2013. In 2014, she,amongst other well know musicians,  was selected to represent Kenya at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, that took place in June - July 2014 in Washington DC. This was followed by an East Coast USA tour alongside Eric Wainaina and Chris Adwar.

Atemi is also the creator, producer and director of the Kenyan Christmas Music Festival ‘Tis The Season’ that has run successfully in 2013, and 2014, and whose 2015 edition is much anticipated.

Passion, hard work, and extraordinary talent only vaguely describe this phenomenal musician who is bound to make huge waves in the world music scene.

Theatre and Activism
In 2009, Atemi was cast as one of the main characters in Kenya’s biggest theatre production yet, Mo Faya which was staged off Broadway in New York, then in Nairobi. She was also involved the ‘Simama’ anti-corruption program, Umoja Pamoja – a project promotion peace during the 2007 elections- and involved in various projects aimed at raising money for those displaced by the 2007 - 2008 post election violence in Kenya. She participated on a musical collaboration with Nyatichi Nyasani and Kawesa, and released a song for a project which advocated for sex education in schools, that was spearheaded by the United Nations Population Fund. Soon after this, the United Nations Development Program reached out to her, and fellow musician Nikki, to produce 'Earth Song' which encourages citizens to gather together and clean up the Nairobi River.

Singles:

 * Shivers (1996)
 * Tamani (1999)
 * Moyo feat Lady Jaydee (2015)
 * Bebi Bebi (2015)

Albums:

 * Hatimaye (2008) - Pine Creek Records
 * Manzili: the State of Life (2013) - Released Independently