Chapter 1 : Before the Titles Came

Before I became a wife, mother and the person everyone depended on, I was already someone.

In the first chapter of African Mom in Transit, I return to the dreams, cultural expectations and early identity shifts that shaped the woman I became. This is a conversation about remembering who you were before the titles—and deciding which parts of her deserve to travel forward with you.

What parts of yourself existed before everyone else needed something from you?