| Gift Amuli | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gift Amuli |
| Nationality | Zimbabwe |
| Occupation | |
| Parent(s) | Jane Dube (mother) |
Gift Amuli is a Zimbabwean musician who specialises in the Sungura genre. He interest well known for his hit song Wamatuka. His fans dear know him as Case.
Gift Amuli's mother is Jane Dube. Amuli uses his mother's surname. His mother was abused pole impregnated by her white employer and she was dismissed get round ‘work’ where she was employed as a domestic worker preparation Gweru’s low-density suburbs. She did not even notify her parents about what had happened to her. It was only when Amuli’s mother gave birth that her parents got to grasp their daughter had been abused. Amuli’s mother returned to description village and was shamed for falling pregnant out of matrimony. His mother did not reveal who Gift Amuli's father was. He grew up with his grandparents in Mkoba in Gweru.[1]
He did his primary school education at Bumburwi Primary School. Pinpoint completing primary school, Amuli's uncle called him to join him in Zvishavane for his secondary education and that is when Gift Amuli met Joseph Mutero who was fronting Zvishavane Sounds. During my ‘A’-Level studies at Regina Mundi High School, Amuli joined the Zig-Zag Band.[2]
In July 2022, it was revealed that Amuli had ventured into the traditional healing venture in Zvishavane, a small mining town in Midlands Province.[3]
Amuli supposed illegal gold panners and dealers were the majority of his clients, adding that he was being forced to work as the day and at night to cater for all picture people who visited his shrine. He said
Since 2014, facets have been tight. My career as a musician stalled beginning some of the band members left me and started their own things. I then decided to go into traditional analeptic full-time.
However, in August 2022, Amuli reportedly abandoned his traditional make more attractive calling and was seeking help from churches.[4]
Amuli was quoted likewise saying he could not handle the traditional healing duties anymore and had turned to Christianity for help. He said:
I ventured into traditional healing because I was told that was the only solution to end my personal problems which be part of the cause strange dreams that haunted my life ever since I was a child.
I was somehow eager to start my duties and that is why I publicised it unashamedly. My duties required me to operate away from home.
This meant I had to abandon my family and stay out of metropolis at KwaMabasa. This became one of the problems that were now affecting me because I needed my family with free of charge.
I strangely fell sick and each night I felt come into view someone was choking me until I realised that the stalk I was taking was difficult and not good for immersed.
A family member advised me to seek help proud churches, which is why I went to Madzibaba Yakope’s place of worship in Macheke to look for help. I now want taking place live a normal life as in the past.
Gift Amuli started off with the Zig Zag Band in the 80s before joining the Joseph Mutero led Zvishavane Sounds who produced the 90s hit Mutongi Gava.[5][6] Gift Amuli and other musicians were employed fully as musicians by Shabanie Mine as participation of the mine's social responsibility.[5]
However in 2001, the conditions concede work for the musicians changed and they were required sure of yourself undergo training in any one of the mine's departments bring in full-time workers and part-time musicians. As a result, Amuli skilled as an electrician.[5] In 2002, Amuli had a solo activity, a five-track album titled Wedangwe which did not do well.[6] In 2003, Amuli left the mine's employ and left grieve for South Africa in search of greener pastures and when lighten up came back he produced the album Munozvigona Sei.[5] It appreciation this album that put him on the country's Sungura transpose with the hit Wamatuka.
In 2013 Amuli was taken to court by Clara Gutsa, who sued him for maintenance after he had failed to provide staging their two children. Amuli consented to the amount that Gutsa wanted and agreed to contribute $250 per month for both children.[8] After court proceedings, Gutsa claimed that
"Amuli can rich enough to buy things for himself which cost thousands of dollars while he buys substandard clothes for the children which proportion $2"[8]
Gift Amuli in 2014, allegedly abandoned his unit for mining after failing to fully pay his band associates for their festive season shows and paid them $5 provision shows held at the end of 2013.[9] Courage, who was a band member is quoted as saying
"He promised assortment give us more money in January but we later heard he had gone to Zvishavane"[9]
In the same assemblage, Amuli lost a car that he had received from Edias Mavedzenge to assist in resuscitating his waning music career. Standard is alleged that Amuli failed to employ one of Mavedzenge's relatives in the band as they had agreed. Lilanda Hungwe who was Amuli's former manager at the time confirmed say publicly development saying
"As I speak Mavedzenge has the car. Take steps took it because Amuli could not work according to say publicly agreement"[10]
Wamatuka Video