![]() ![]() Alisia Grace Chase, Ph.D., dutifully fusses over the “vision of Africa in the American mind” and conjures images of starving children, machetes, etc. ![]() ![]() The publisher, Drawn & Quarterly, seems to understand this, which is why it has outfitted Aya with a preface by an academic. In fact, the story is interesting primarily because it is set in late-1970s Ivory Coast. The action is funny and engrossing, but in the end has little to do with Aya. She alone holds dreams for the future-she wants to be a doctor-and so stands oddly aloof from the narrative hullabaloo surrounding an unexpected pregnancy. Although, come to think of it, Aya doesn’t actually do any of those things. They’re all young women who, despite living with their parents, manage to sneak out most nights to gossip, dance, and drink. Aya, a graphic novel written by Marguerite Abouet and drawn by Clément Oubrerie, follows the comic adventures of the title character and her two best friends. ![]()
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