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ⓘ About Nekesa Afia
Afia was brought up in Alberta Canada and spent her childhood and teenage years in the 1990s and early 2000s. During this time, it was difficult if not impossible to find novels that had explicitly black characters. When her parents brought home Jessi’s Gold Medal of the Baby-Sitters Club, it was the first time she ever saw a cover with a black girl. She would become a fiend of the series and now has more than three hundred novels from it. She first thought she should write when she read a novel set in the prohibition era that had a Mary Poppins like character. One thing about Afia is that she never liked reading novels with perfect characters as they lacked excitement. As she read the novel, she knew that if she ever wrote her character would have to be the opposite of flawless.
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Who is Nekesa Afia?
Afia was brought up in Alberta Canada and spent her childhood and teenage years in the 1990s and early 2000s. During this time, it was difficult if not impossible to find novels that had explicitly black characters. When her parents brought home Jessi’s Gold Medal of the Baby-Sitters Club, it was the first time she ever saw a cover with a black girl.
Which Nekesa Afia series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Harlem Renaissance Mystery series, the earliest of Nekesa Afia's multi-book series: it opens with Dead Dead Girls (2021) and runs to 3 books across 2021–2024, ending with A Lethal Lady (2024).
How many books has Nekesa Afia written?
Nekesa Afia has 4 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2021 and 2025. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Harlem Renaissance Mystery series with 3 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.
In what order should Nekesa Afia's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Nekesa Afia's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Harlem Renaissance Mystery (2021–2024, 3 books).
How are Nekesa Afia's books organised into series?
This guide splits Nekesa Afia's 4 books into 1 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Harlem Renaissance Mystery (3 books, 2021–2024).