Literature without borders

A land, an author: in Ivory Coast with Marguerite Abouet

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The writer and director Marguerite Abouet.

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By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

1 min

Marguerite Abouet, born in Abidjan, in the popular district of Yopougon, was twelve years old when she arrived in Paris, where she discovered libraries with wonder and was passionate about books.

She has since been the author of the “Aya de Yopougon” series drawn by Clément Oubrerie, “Akissi” with Mathieu Sapin and “Commissaire Kouamé” with Donatien Mary, volume 2 of which has just been published by Gallimard/Bd editions.

(Replay)

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Commissioner Kouamé, volume 2 © Gallimard/BD

"Abidjan. The daughter of a big boss of French industry disappears in broad daylight. Commissioner Kouamé is put on the spot, with an ultimatum: if he does not manage to find her as soon as possible, the French police will take The teenager is an albino... Could there be a link with sordid witchcraft cases

? A hectic investigation in an authentic and eccentric Africa, a crazy thriller enhanced by the Ivorian verve of Marguerite Abouet.

(Presentation of

Gallimard/BD editions

)

When she is not telling stories, Marguerite Abouet builds libraries in Africa, thanks to the association she founded, “

Des livres pour tous

” (

www.deslivrespourtous.org

).

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