Products DescriptionFor the residents of Yopougon, everyday life is good. It is the early 1970s, a golden time ' work is plentiful, hospitals are clean and well equipped, and school is obligatory. The Ivory Coast is as an island of relative wealth and stability in West Africa. For the teenagers of the town, though, worries are plentiful, and life in Yop City is far from simple.nnAya tells the story of its nineteen-year-old heroine, the clear-sighted and bookish Aya, and her carefree and fun-loving friends Adjoua and Bintou. Navigating meddling relatives and neighbours, the girls spend a last summer of their childhood on the sun-warmed streets of Yop City ' sneaking out for dancing at open-air bars, strong solibra beer, chicken in peanut sauce and avoiding at all costs the scandal pages of the Calamity Morning'.nnAya is a captivating, colourful and hugely entertaining portrayal of an Africa we rarely see, spirited and resilient, and full of the sounds, sights and smells of a prosperous town and its varied inhabitants.
About the Author Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan in 1971 and now lives outside Paris.nnCl??ment Oubrerie was born in Paris in 1966 and has illustrated more than forty children's books. Table of Contents 0 Specifications of Aya Of Yop City. Marguerite Abouet, Clment Oubrerie
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