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Aya by Marguerite Abouet
Aya by Marguerite Abouet





Will they pull her off the path she is following? This graphic novel will be enjoyed by older teens. Her party animal girlfriends think she is too serious. Note: 19 year old Aya in Cote d'Ivoire is smart, focused with her eye on medical school. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly / Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2007. Clement Oubrerie’s warm colors and energetic, playful lines connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet’s vibrant writing.« Search again | Back to Ībouet, Margaret and Oubrerie, Clement (illus.) Aya (Book 1). An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa we rarely see-spirited, hopeful, and resilient–Aya won the 2006 award for Best First Album at the Angouleme International Comics Festival. It’s a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. At night, an empty table in the market square under the stars is all the privacy young lovers can hope for, and what happens there is soon everybody’s business.Aya tells the story of its nineteen-year-old heroine, the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. and ” It’s a golden time, and the nation, too–an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa–seems fueled by something wondrous.Who’s to know that the Ivorian miracle is nearing its end? In the sun-warmed streets of working-class Yopougon, aka Yop City, holidays are around the corner, the open-air bars and discos are starting to fill up, and trouble of a different kind is about to raise eyebrows. Family and friends gather at Aya’s house every evening to watch the country’s first television ad campaign promoting the fortifying effects of Solibra, and “the strong man’s beer. and ” –Marguerite AbouetIvory Coast, 1978. You can read this before Aya (Aya #1) PDF full Download at the bottom.Īnd “That’s what I wanted to show in Aya: an Africa without the … war and famine, an Africa that endures despite everything because, as we say back home, life goes on. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Aya (Aya #1) written by Marguerite Abouet which was published in November 17, 2005. Brief Summary of Book: Aya (Aya #1) by Marguerite Abouet







Aya by Marguerite Abouet