Clment Oubreries warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouets vibrant writing. Its a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted nineteen-year-old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouets youth in Yop City. Its a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous. Joann Sfar, cartoonist of The Rabbis Cat Ivory Coast, 1978. Book Synopsis Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African. Originally published in French by Gallimard Jeunesse as part of the Joann Sfar edited Bayou collection.-Title page verso. About the Book Originally published in English in three hardcover editions in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
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