Aya: Life in Yop City

by Clément Oubrerie and Marguerite Abouet

Book Overview

Experience the award-winning series about independent young women growing up in 1970s Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted nineteen-year-old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770460829
• ISBN13: 9781770460829
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.4"