Together as Two

By William Khalipwina Mpina

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?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9996090582
• ISBN13: 9789996090585
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Mlembi Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"