R.U.N.N. Family were a Zimbabwean musical group that had several hits in the 1980s,R.U.N.N. Family Zimbabwe Music Guide entry
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-inspired music with

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and rhumba influences.R.U.N.N. Family AllMusic.com biography []

Background

The group was made up of siblings from the Muparutsa family, the best known of whom are the late Fortune and his brother, lead singer and bassist [Peter Muparutsa], who became a studio engineer at Harare's premier recording studio

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, and continues to work in the music industry.

Hatichina Wekutamba Naye

One of the R.U.N.N. family's most successful songs was "Hatichina Wekutamba Naye", a lament for the recently deceased

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. The short description given to the song on album artwork states:

"Someone keeps stirring and heating the pot. Chitepo ''(sic)'', Biko and now Samora Machel. They kill our friends. We can only pray to God and remember the inheritance of Samora Machel. Our life is the struggle."Album sleeve of "Zimbabwe Hits Volume Three: Advance, Kusugar!" (DiscAfrique cat. # AFRI LP 006)

This description refers to the controversy surrounding the aircrash in which Machel perished. Released in 1986 on the ZIM label (cat. # ZIM 410), the song proved popular enough to feature alongside Paul Matavire & the Jairos Jiri Band and Jonah Moyo on a compilation of Zimbabwean hits produced by the DiscAfrique label,"Zimbabwe Hits Volume Three: Advance, Kusugar!" Zimbabwe Music Guide entr

/ref> best known for bringing the

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to international attention. The late

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lauded the song as:

"One of the great soul records of the 1980s."Charlie Gillett's official website
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References

{{reflist Zimbabwean musical groups

Background

Hatichina Wekutamba Naye

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