The liveliness of The Ivory Coast, its people, food, culture, warm colors is well portrayed in this story.
There are many moving parts of this story to unpack, but it is refreshing to see a part of Africa that is not often portrayed in books or media. While Aya is committed to her career and being independent, Adjoua and Bintou want to pursue their future by finding a husband and raising a family. All three friends have different interests. Aya spends a lot of her time with her best friends and adventure partners, Adjoua and Bintou. It’s 1978 in Abidjan, a suburb of the Ivory Coast and Aya is your typical 19-year old who’s really focused on her studies, friends, and family. She lives in Montreal.Written by: Marguerite Abouet, Illustrated by Clement OubrerieĪya Life In Yop City is the story of 19-year-old Aya, who’s very dedicated to her studies and committed to her goals. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. A contributor to Drawn & Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as Hostage by Guy Delisle and Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. Aya: Life in Yop City has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angouleme International Comics Festival, the Children's Africana Book Award, and the Glyph Award was nominated for the Quill Award, the YALSA's Great Graphic Novels list, and the Eisner Award and was included on "best of" lists from The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. Drawn & Quarterly has release volumes four through six of the original French series (as yet unpublished in English) in Aya: Love in Yop City. This reworked edition offers readers the chance to immerse themselves in the lively world of Aya and her friends, bringing together the first three volumes of the series in Book One. Clément Oubrerie's warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet's vibrant writing. It's 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 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City.
It's a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous.
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