#Jazz Nights at Jupiter###
A Crime Thriller at the Heart of Agenda 2063
**Jazz Nights at Jupiter (JNJ)** is a serialized African crime thriller set within the political, institutional, and moral architecture of the African Union.
It uses **crime fiction** to explore how Africa governs itself — where power bends, where ideals fracture, and where human beings are left to make impossible choices.This is not escapism.This is **policy, power, and psychology — told through story**.—
## What Is Jazz Nights at Jupiter?
*Jazz Nights at Jupiter* is the narrative spine of the **Agenda 2063 Cinematic Universe (A2063CU)** — a fictional world grounded in real African institutions, aspirations, and contradictions.
At its centre is **Mendacity “Milk” Mensah**, a senior investigator linked to AFRIPOL, navigating a continent where:
*crime is transnational
*institutions are imperfect
*ideals collide with human weakness.
Each episode unfolds in real time, reflecting contemporary African political and security dynamics across Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Accra, Johannesburg, and beyond.—
##Why a Crime Thriller?
Because crime is where **systems fail visibly**.
Through investigations involving:
*corruption
*cross-border crime
*institutional compromise
*grief, loyalty, and betrayal
JNJ humanises the **seven aspirations of Agenda 2063**, showing what they look like when filtered through real people — not policy documents.—
## The World of JNJ
### Core Elements*
**AFRIPOL & AU institutions** (fictionalised portrayals)*
A **Special Crimes Unit (SCU)** with morally complex operatives*
A recurring antagonist network tied to ideology, money, and grievance
*Characters whose pasts refuse to stay buried
### Tone
*Noir
*Political
*Psychological
*Intimately African, unapologetically continental—
## Key Characters (Entry Points)*
**Mendacity “Milk” Mensah** Negotiator-turned-detective navigating ethics, grief, and power.* 9⁹
**Linda deGroot** – A brilliant, emotionally-fractured antagonist whose villainy is inseparable from her humanity.*
**Maggie Paxton** A truth-seeker shaped by personal tragedy, operating at the edge of exposure and vengeance.*
**Ophelia Verity-Oudekerk** Psychologist and investigator, where empathy collides with procedure.*
**Jenkins** AFRIPOL Ethics Office — the conscience institutions wish they had.
*(Full character dossiers available)*—
## How This Fits Agenda 2063 – Agenda 2063 is often discussed in **abstract terms**.
JNJ asks:
*What does integration look like when borders blur?
*Who enforces ethics when institutions are compromised?
*What happens when aspiration meets trauma?
This series exists to:
* provoke reflection
*encourage civic literacy
*show that African futures are shaped by choices — not slogans—
## Format & Release* Serialized episodes (podcast-ready prose)
*Weekly releases* via EBN, Substack, and social platforms*
Supported by visual concepts and character posters on tiktok and www.instagram.com/ekbensah
## Why This Exists
*Jazz Nights at Jupiter* was created as part of a broader communications and storytelling strategy to:
*promote awareness of Agenda 2063
*spotlight African-led institutions
*demonstrate the power of African narrative IP
If **The Interpreter (2005)** could tell a story inside the UN,then African creators can tell stories **inside the AU — and beyond**.—
