Onejiru
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Onejiru appears on Golden Delicious Music. The kenyan artist who grew up in germany released the album Prophets of Profit in 2006, and collaborated with Jan Delay, Patrice, Sam Ragga Band, Turtle Bay Country Club and went on tour with comedian Helge Schneider. The lyrics are in english, german and kiswahili, the music likewise is a mix of black music, house, dub, afrobeat and rock, and occasionally electronic. She is a member of german black feminist music group Sisters e.V. among Mamadee, Mel
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Onejiru (born Pielina Wanjiru Schindler) is a contemporary Germany-based jazz singer. She was born in Kenya and moved to Germany when she was a teenager.
== Life as an artist== Born in Kenya, Pielina Wanjiru Schindler grew up in Wanne-Eickel, Germany, where her musical experience started in a girls' choir and ballet lessons. Early on in her career as a singer, and by the name of Onejiru, she became a member of Helge Schneider's band Fighters. Onejiro toured Germany and Austria, then also sang on the albums of Jan Delay, (Loktown Hi-Life, 2003) and . The album "Prophets of Profit" was released in 2006. She is a member of the Sisters Keepers, an all female band of singers, and they entered Gender Riots singing Unite, ranked 14th at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2008, North Rhine-Westphalia.