Aquilina (or, The Confession Of Hatifari Maforimbo)

＂Impeccably rooted in African mythology with that particular brand of Musodza magic, artfully blending mystical and modern worlds,＂ Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Magazine, 2008

＂If there is one thing that anyone who has read Musodza’s previous novel in Shona will have learnt to expect, it is a fearsome monster. He holds up his imaginary monster like a mirror against the real monsters of [Zimbabwean] society＂- Ednah Masanga, Amplifying Women’s Voices, 2015

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...

Masimba Musodza