Aya de Yopougon
By: Marguerite Abouet ; illustrator: Clément Oubrerie.
Contributors: Oubrerie, Clément.
Publisher: Gallimard
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Teenage girls -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Comic books, strips, etc.; Côte d'Ivoire -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genres: Comic books, strips, etc.
Description: Aya has captured the hearts of North American readers of all ages for the rare portrait it paints of a vibrant, happy, bourgeois Ivory Coast in the 1970s, based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. Not only is Aya complemented with Clement Oubrerie's gorgeous artwork, but the volumes also offer a slice of life peek into African culture: complete with recipes, glossaries, and wardrobe instructions for turning one's pagne (brightly colored fabric) into a skirt, head wrap, or baby carrier.