Marguerite Abouet

Marguerite Abouet (1971) is an artist from Ivory Coast, who lives in France. Her series Aya de Yopougon, about a girl growing up in Ivory Coast, currently has eight installments. Over a million of her books have been sold worldwide. in 2013 the Aya stories were made into an animated movie, codirected by Abouet herself.