But it was also clear that Moussa was not the father of Adjoua’s child, and that Bonaventure strongly suspected that. My personal theory is that Aya is based on an older sister or cousin of Abouet’s, one of her strong connections back to her homeland.)īy the end of Aya, Aya herself hadn’t been much changed, but her friend Adjoua had just given birth to a baby she claimed belonged to Moussa, the unmotivated son of local rich man and business owner Bonaventure Sissoko. (Abouet did grow up in Ivory Coast, though she left in the early ‘80s at the age of twelve – so even Aya’s story couldn’t be directly hers. The title character was actually the least involved in the plot, adding to a slight suspicion that the story was partially autobiographical. ]] was one of the surprise pleasures of last year, a slice-of-life story about three young women and their families and friends in the neighborhood of Yopougon in late ‘70s Ivory Coast. By Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerieĭrawn & Quarterly, September 2008, $19.95
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