Oubrerie's artwork synchronizes perfectly to Abouet's funny and lighthearted writing, which together create a spirited atmosphere and scenarios that, however unique to the bygone setting, remain entirely contemporary in their effect. This continuation of the dynamic story by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie returns to Africa's Ivory Coast in the late 1970s, where life in Yop City is as dramatic as ever. It also won t he Children's Africana Book Award in 2008 and the Glyph Award (in 2008 for Rising Star Award, 2010 for Best Female Character and in both years for best Reprint Publication) and was adapted into an animated film. Aya won the 2006 award for Best First Album at the Angouleme International Comics Festival. war and famine, an Africa that endures despite everything because, as we say back home, life goes on'. 'That's what I wanted to show in Aya: as Africa without the. On the series, Marguerite Abouet also explains: So the characters and places are things I know in real life.

They had complicated stories and affairs with men. The characters are based on my neighours.

'autobiographical in the way that it's the Ivory Coast I know. In an interview on Bookslut, Marguerite says Aya is: Aya tells the story of its 19-year old heroine, the studious and clear-sightd Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou and their meddling neighbours and relatives. D&Q published the first three volumes, and then a reworked edition with the first three volumes in one ( Life in Yop City) and another with the last three volumes ( Love in Yop City). The original six were published by Gallimard between 20, with English versions published by Drawn & Quarterlybetween 20. One of them is the Aya series written by Marguerite Abouet and illustrated by Clément Oubrerie. There are some authors whose works I really must own and must read.

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