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-- Claws come out.2024., Adult, Drawn & Quarterly Call No: NEW GN BLK Fic Abo Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The seventh installment in the Aya series 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. .
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-- Love in Yop Cityc2013., Adolescent, Drawn & Quarterly Call No: GN Fic Abo Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Aya [graphic novels].Summary Note: "Aya: Love in Yop City comprises the final three chapters of the Aya story, episodes never before seen in English. Aya is a lighthearted story about life in the Ivory Coast during the 1970s, a particularly thriving and wealthy time in the country<U+2019>s history. While the stories found in Aya: Love in Yop City maintain their familiar tone, quick pace, and joyfulness, we see Aya and her friends beginning to make serious decisions about their future. When a professor tries to take advantage of Aya, her plans to become a doctor are seriously shaken, and she vows to take revenge on the lecherous man. With a little help from the tight-knit community of Yopougon though, Aya comes through these trials stronger than ever. This second volume of the complete Aya includes unique appendices<U+2014>recipes, guides to understanding Ivorian slang, street sketches, and concluding remarks from Marguerite Abouet explaining history and social milieu. Inspired by Abouet<U+2019>s childhood, the series has received praise for offering relief from the disaster-struck focus of most stories set in Africa. Aya is the winner of the Best First Album Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival; was nominated for the YALSA<U+2019>s Great Graphic Novels list; and was included on (3z(Bbest of(3y (Blists from The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal." --Back cover.
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2009., Drawn & Quarterly ; Distributed in the USA and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: GN BLK Fic Abo Edition: 1st hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to view Click here to view Summary Note: Aya has captured the hearts of North American readers of all ages for the rare portrait it paints of a vibrant, happy, bourgeois Ivory Coast in the 1970s, based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. Not only is Aya complemented with Clement Oubrerie's gorgeous artwork, but the volumes also offer a slice of life peek into African culture: complete with recipes, glossaries, and wardrobe instructions for turning one's pagne (brightly colored fabric) into a skirt, head wrap, or baby carrier.
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2015., Adult, SelfMadeHero Call No: Bio P112b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "This award-winning graphic biography of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) captures the prolific and eventful life of one of the world's best-loved artists. Pablo explores Picasso's early life among the bohemians of Montmartre, his turbulent relationship with artist/model Fernande Olivier, and how his art developed through friendships with poets Max Jacob and Guillaume Apollinaire, the painter Georges Braque, and his great rival Henri Matisse."--From publisher.
