Bintou is also interested in Moussa because he will inherit the factory someday and she wants to look out for her own future.
Party girl Bintou learns about the potential match between Aya and Moussa and proceeds to chase after him. Sissoko, the president, invites Aya's family over to dinner in hopes of matching his son Moussa -who he terms a wastrel -with Aya, who he considers beautiful and smart. Aya’s father is the manager for the Sissoko Beer factory. Since this is a comedy, there are plenty of hilarious twists and turns. Smart, kind, and considerate of her family and others, Aya lifts up those around her.
While most young women are interested in clothes and men, Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor. Yop city is known for the many pretty “chicks” that the young men constantly hit on-including Aya’s friends Bintou (Tella Kpomahou, voice) and her sister Adjoua (Tatiana Rojo, voice). Everyone speaks French and Koupoukou is a favorite drink. Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angoul me 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.In this comedic animated film first released in 2013, Aya (Aissa Maiga, voice) lives in a neighborhood called Yopougon or “Yop” for short on Africa’s Ivory Coast. Drawn & Quarterly will release volumes four through six of the original French series (as yet unpublished in English) in Book Two. 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. Clément Oubrerie’s warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet’s vibrant writing. It’s a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life 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. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet’s youth in Yop City. It’s a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous. It’s essential reading." -Joann Sfar, cartoonist of The Rabbi’s Cat "Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African.
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