Chima (singer)
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Chimaobinna Enyiakanwanne Onyele (born 6. November
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
, in
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,
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Freddy Langer: Weißer Hai zwischen hundert Elefanten, in: FAZ Nr. 224, 26. September 2015, S. B2.), known by the stagename Chima ( ͡ʃiːma is a German singer based in Frankfurt. A member of
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, since 2012 he has recorded as a solo artist for
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Life

Chima's parents moved in the 1960th from
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to
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. He was born in 1972 in
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, where he graduated from the Ernst-Reuter-School. Afterwards he has studied
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.Kathrin Rosendorff
Ein Gespräch mit … Chima
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Discography

Albums: * 2002: ''Reine Glaubenssache'' * 2005: ''Im Rahmen der Möglichkeiten'' * 2012: ''Stille'' * 2014: ''Von Steinen und Elefanten'' Singles: * 2001: ''Ich leb das'' * 2002: ''Lass los'' * 2005: ''Wundervoll'' * 2006: ''Immer noch'' * 2012: ''Morgen'' * 2012: ''Ausflug ins Blaue'' * 2012: ''Fliegen'' * 2014: ''100 Elefanten'' * 2014: ''Das große Schweigen'' (exclusive on
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References

1972 births Living people 21st-century German male singers Musicians from Frankfurt {{Germany-singer-stub