Aya – serie

Experience the award-winning series about independent young women growing up in 1970s Ivory CoastIvory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted nineteen-year-old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City.Clément Oubrerie's warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet's vibrant writing. This reworked edition offers readers the chance to immerse themselves in Abouet's Yop City, bringing together the first three volumes of the series in Book One. Drawn & Quarterly will release volumes four through six of the original French series (as yet unpublished in English) in Book Two. Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, the Children's Africana Book Award, and the Glyph Award; was nominated for the Quill Award, the YALSA's Great Graphic Novels list, and the Eisner Award; and was included on "best of" lists from The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.

Abidjan’s favorite daughter returns in an all-new volume of writer Marguerite Abouet’s beloved seriesLong-time creative team Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie make a stunning comeback after a lengthy twelve-year hiatus. Aya: Claws Come Out takes us all back to Yop City—home to the hustle and bustle of the Ivory Coast.As Solibra’s newest intern, clear-eyed college student Aya finds an unexpected adversary in the beer giant’s brand-new head of HR. Her friend Moussa, heir apparent to the company’s CEO Mr. Sissoko vies for his father’s attention while struggling to tone down his tendency to party. After being outed, Albert must find a new place to stay and grapples with the realities of insufficient student housing. His old flame Inno discovers first-hand how difficult life can be for undocumented migrants in France. Back at home, Bintou navigates the ups and downs of newfound soap opera stardom. All the while, Didier just wants to take Aya out to dinner—if she can ever find the time.Now translated from the French by Edwige Dro, Aya and all her friends greet the bigger, bolder world of the 80s in true Abidjan style, delighting fans both old and new with vibrant but too often unseen depictions of middle-class life in Africa.

Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie s world-renowned and critically acclaimed series about 80s life in the Ivory Coast continues with Aya: Face the Music. After getting thrown in jail for organizing a student housing protest, Aya must grapple with the aftermath of her decisions. Her friends don t have it much easier. Her classmate Cyprien has been unconscious since police violently broke up their demonstration, and his family can barely scrape together funds for treatment. Her dear friend Albert, last seen passing out at dinner with his family, awakes in the countryside in the clutches of a healer his father has hired to pray his gay away. In France, Albert s ex-paramour Inno agrees to enter into a fake marriage with his friend Sabine with surprising results. And back in Abidjan, embattled starlet Bintou must find a way to capitalize on the public s newfound sympathy after her house is burned down by an angry mob. Translated by Abidjan-based writer and activist Edwige Renee Dro, this contemporary classic of Ivorian literature bridges the gap between the past and present, proving that no matter how much things may change, we change with them too.

Ayas pappa vill att hans dotter snart ska gifta sig med en välbärgad karl. Men nittonåriga Aya drömmer om att bli läkare. Hennes två bästa väninnor Adjoua och Bintou däremot gillar att leva glatt tonårsliv i Elfenbenskustens största stad Abidjan. Deras liv kretsar kring mode och coola killar. De vill hänga, gå ut på kvällarna, dricka och dansa, och inte minst flörta med killar. Men vad ska de ta sig till när Adjoua rätt som det är blir på smällen? Och hur ska Moussa, den bortskämda odågan, berätta om ”olyckan” för sin far, som är en av landets rikaste män? ”Aya” är en livfull och intelligent fransk-afrikansk vardagskomedi i en värld som är på samma gång annorlunda och igenkännbar. Rolig och full av översvallande livsglädje, en medryckande afrikansk vardagssåpa. Süddeutsche Zeitung Aya – livet i Yop City är en välgjord, underhållande och insiktsfull serie, som visar på en annan, mer mänsklig sida av Afrika än de dystopier som ofta visas upp i nyheterna. Helhetsbetyg: 5(briljant) Fredrik Strömberg, BTJ-häftet nr 7, 2021 Marguerite Abouet föddes 1971 i Abidjan, den största staden i Elfenbenskusten, som ligger i Västafrika vid Atlanten. När hon var tolv år skickade föräldrarna henne till Frankrike för att skaffa sig en bra utbildning, och hon bor numera där. Hennes första serie, Aya från Yopougon (tecknad av Abouets make Clément Oubrerie), som började ges ut 2005, blev en stor framgång med över 300 000 sålda exemplar enbart i Frankrike. Den har fått många priser både i Frankrike och internationellt. och den har översatts till tolv språk. Aya har även blivit tecknad film (2013). Vid sidan av att skildra Ayas liv i sex böcker, varav de tre första ingår i denna volym, har Abouet gett ut hittills tio serieböcker för barn om den lilla busflickan Akissi. Ayas och Akissis värld bygger i mångt och mycket på Abouets barn- och ungdomsminnen från Abidjan på 1970- och tidiga 1980-talet.