Aya: Life in Yop City | Marguerite Abouet

Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation - an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa - seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely ased upon Marguerite Abouet's own youth. 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. It's a vividly drawn graphic novel revolving around the pleasures and troubles of everyday life in Yop City.

Paperback | 344 pages | ISBN 9781770460829