Onejiru
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| Born | 30 October |
| Other names | Onejiro Schindler (stage name), Pielina Wanjiru Schindler (real name) |
| Occupation | singer, member of the Sisters |
| Known for | Lyrics in Kiswahili, supports gender equality |
Onejiru is a contemporary Germany-based jazz singer. She was born in Kenya and moved to Germany when she was a teenager. Her real name is Pielina Wanjiru Schindler, with stage names Onejiru and Onejiro Schindler.
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 sang on albums Jan Delay by the Sam Ragga Band (Loktown Hi-Life, 2003) and Matthias Arfmann . The album "Prophets of Profit" was released in 2006. She is a member of the Sisters , an all female band of singers, and they entered Gender Riots singing Unite, ranked 14th at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2008, North Rhine-Westphalia.
On October 11, 2012, the Sisters were invited to the first United Nations International Day of the Girl, and they selected the song "Because I am a Girl". They have been ambassadors for the campaign since 2010, realizing UN World Girls Day is a campaign to have equal rights for girls and boys. The song "Because I am a Girl" was composed for the campaign. During their visit, the Sisters performed at the BB King Blues Club in NY.
With the Sisters, she was invited to Cologne for the 14th Afrikan Film Festival in September 2016, since their activities fit the event's theme was “Sisters in African Cinema”. The Sisters, then named Sister Keepers before 2005 for anti-racism, expanded their focus and in 2010, visited schools in Hamburg, Germany in events hosted by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung “bpb”). The program included works to empower girls, with dance and singing classes in which girls and boys learnt to work together. Those programs offered a chance for students to reflect on life in multicultural settings, including the issue of "Afro-Germans – Foreign in your own country". Collaboration with Plan International invited the Sisters to tour Brazil, Ghana, Togo, as well as cities in Germany for the project "Girls go for Goals" in 2011.
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