Aya of Yop City

While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking and flirting with boys. Their ambition is to follow Plan C: Combs, Clothes and Chasing Men! But big trouble comes to town when Adjoua realizes she’s pregnant, and the baby’s father is the spoiled son of one of the richest and most feared men in the whole country.

Cast

Aïssa Maïga

as Aya

Tella Kpomahou

as Bintou

Tatiana Rojo

as Adjoua

Jacky Ido

as Ignace / Herve / Moussa / Basile / Sidiki / Arsene

Emile Abossolo M'bo

as Koffi / Dieudonné / Gervais / Mamadou's father / Lady market

Ériq Ebouaney

as Hyacinthe

Pascal N'Zonzi

as Bonaventure Sissoko

Atou Ecare

as Simone Sissoko

Claudia Tagbo

as Jeanne / Alphonsine

Sabine Pakora

as Koro / Modestine

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