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Aquilina (or, The Confession of Hatifari Maforimbo)

Masimba Musodza

First published November 2024
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

First published in 2011 as 'Aquilina (kana kuti, Reururo yaHatifari Maforimbo). A translation of a story about a young man's descent into pathological misogyny, with a chilling hint at the supernatural... A young teacher, Hatifari Maforimbo, enters Tswakata Polic Station one morning and reports that he has just murdered his live-in girlfriend, Aquilina. His lengthy statement takes us to his troubled past, and his descent into what the psychiatrist describes as "pathological misogyny" leading to this tragic, brutal conclusion. However, there is a hint of something the police are not equipped to contend with, something ghostly...

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 2024 Cover Aquilina (or, The Confession of Hatifari Maforimbo) Carnelian Heart Publishing Chapbook