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Wangeci Mbogo is a gospel artist from Kenya, East Africa.

Wangeci has released two albums to date namely "Apewe Sifa" in 2004 and "Christmas Imefika" in 2005. She has also released a Video album going by the same name "Apewe Sifa", released in 2006. She is known for the title song "Apewe Sifa" which is also the name of her self-titled album. It is this song that brought her to the limelight in 2004 and the song went on to become No. 1 in the Gospel Radio Charts.

Wangeci Mbogo has been nominated for several awards namely: 1) The Gospel Awards in the U.S. as the International Artist Award Nominee in 2004 2) The American Gospel Music Awards in the U.S. as the International Artist of the Year Finalist in 2004 3) The Newsome Awards in the U.S. as the Best International Solo Artist Nominee in 2005 and 2008.

Wangeci Mbogo has also won two international awards namely: 1) The Newsome Awards held in the U.S. in 2006, where she won the International Artist of the Year Award. 2) The Hardrush Independent Music Awards held in Australia in 2006,where she won the Best Jazz/World Music Award.

Back in her home country Kenya, Wangeci has also been nominated for the local Kisima Awards in 2004 and the Groove awards in 2005.

As of September 2009, Wangeci Mbogo's music is digitially available for download on Rhapsody.com, Amazon and other websites selling digital music.