Together as Two

Together as Two

William Khalipwina Mpina

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Editorial:
African Books Collective
Año de edición:
2026
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789996090585
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After twenty-two years of marriage, a civil servant abandons his wife Cathy for Njiila, a charismatic woman who promises love and lucrative business partnerships. But as three ventures collapse; Mozambique kitchenware imports, sweet potato trading, and mobile money, he begins to suspect the truth behind each failure. When angry creditors appear at his door demanding over a million kwacha, he discovers Njiila has been systematically draining their businesses to fund secret village banking schemes. His romantic dream becomes a financial nightmare. Set against an African country’s chaotic 2025 tripartite election, where fuel shortages strangle the economy and a former comedian becomes Vice President, Together as Two follows a man trapped between two women, two households, and two versions of himself. As political alliances crumble and hyperinflation destroys livelihoods, he faces an impossible question: can he rebuild his life when everything he has built has been on unstable ground?

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