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Aya of Yop City. Marguerite Abouet, Clment Oubrerie

Author Marguerite Abouet
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Category Hardcover
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PublisherJonathan Cape
ISBN / ASIN0224087479
ISBN-139780224087476
AvailabilityOnly 1 left in stock - order soon.
CategoryHardcover
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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For 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."Aya" 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"..."Aya" 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.

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