The Hyena-Man of Africa Solved
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Senga smiled. He too had grown up hearing tales of hyena-men ripping apart their prey’s thorax and gorging on its blood. Such bedtime stories thrilled him as a child. They gave him an intensely titillating sensation of fear mixed in with excitement that made his body quiver and led to a good night’s sleep. He bowed his head and stroked his prematurely greying beard, wondering how he might convince Moyo and his followers that hyena-men was fiction.
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The Hyena-Man of Africa Solved is a vibrant collection of short stories by Amani Zawadi. This small collection of five stories, Zawadi’s first contribution to fiction, is set against a backdrop of a Southern African landscape. It explores traditional beliefs and attitudes to prejudice, deceit, the lust for power, love, greed and superstition primarily in rural life in Africa. The title story itself explores and demystifies the colourful myth of the hyena-man, a marauding nocturnal beast-man figure, cast in the mould of the legendary Werewolf of Western Europe, dreaded for its savage attacks on man and beast alike. ‘Heart-warming, strikingly original and impressively written. Zawadi’s poetic style lends itself to painting a picture of aspects of an ever changing African society. These stories are powerful, absorbing and entertaining’ -Rita Christian
About the Author
Amani Zawadi is a development economist and fiction writer of African origin. His interactions with rural communities throughout Africa over several decades have given him particular insights into their way of life. His short stories are works of fiction. Created primarily on the basis of his knowledge of these communities, they aim to bring to the attention of readers values, attitudes, and beliefs prevailing among rural folk on the African continent, particularly in Southern Africa. Zawadi currently resides in Middlesex, England, and can be contacted through info@amanizawadi.com. For more information, please visit www.amanizawadi.com.