Popular Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Aichie (the author of three novels, Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and Americanah) has opened up on the cost of motherhood.
Chimamanda who shared her journey as a mother and other sundry issues during an interview on BBC’s Woman’s Hour said that could probably have written two novels had I not had my child.
The author who has her works translated into over thirty languages also talked about motherhood being a “glorious gift” but says it comes at a “cost” to women.
She said; “Becoming a mother is a glorious gift but it comes at a cost and I think it’s important to acknowledge that, right?
READ ALSO: Chimamanda Adichie praises #EndSARs film ‘Awaiting Trial’
“There is something that we… and I will say ‘lose’.”
Chimamanda added: “I felt that I could probably have written two novels had I not had my child. But I think that having her also sort of opened me up to this new, almost a new phase of experience and awareness that I’m hoping will feed my fiction.
“Even before I had her, when I was pregnant, I felt as though my brain had been wrapped in gauze. So, my brain didn’t work for a long time. And just more creatively, I think I am making my way back because I am working on a novel finally. But I just wasn’t able to get into my fictional space for a long time.”
 has opened up on the cost of motherhood.){kind=link}