Mother’s Day: The Significance of Motherhood in Africa

Motherhood is often defined as an automatic set of feelings and behavior that is switched on by pregnancy and the birth of a baby. It is an experience that is said to be profoundly shaped by social context and culture. Motherhood is also seen as a moral transformation whereby a woman comes to terms with being different in that she ceases to be an autonomous individual because she is one way or the other attached to another; her baby.