The Joys of Motherhood

Weltaare yumma ko deftere nde Buchi Emecheta winndi. Nde fuɗɗii yaltude ko to Londres, to leydi Angalteer, e juuɗe Allison & Busby e hitaande 1979, nde fuɗɗii yaltude e deftere binndol Afriknaaɓe Heinemann e hitaande 1980, nde yaltinaa kadi e hitaande 1982, 2004, 2008. Daartol deftere ndee ko « haaju debbo ina waawi jibinde ». , e ko ɓuri ɗum fof ko jibinde ɓiɓɓe worɓe".[1] Ina haala daartol mettungol Nnu-Ego, ɓiy Nwokocha Agbadi e Ona, mo dañii baasal bonngal e jibingol. Ndee deftere ina yuurnitoo nguurndam debbo Naajeeriya, Nnu Ego. Nguurndam Nnu ina fawii e sukaaɓe mum e nder maɓɓe, o dañii teddungal renndo makko. Nafooje e aadaaji leƴƴi gaadanteeji puɗɗiima waylaade e ɓeydagol gonndigal e doole koloñaal, ina addana Ego luulndaade miijooji jaɓaaɗi "yumma", "jom suudu", e "debbo". E nder yahdu Nnu Ego, Emecheta ina doga e janngooɓe mum ngam ƴeewtaade caɗeele jowitiiɗe e jaɓde miijooji e golle kese ngam haɓaade yiɗde jokkondirde e aadaaji. E nder ndee deftere, Emecheta hollitii e mawninde weltaare heɓaande e timminde golle jowitiiɗe e geɗe galleeji e nder golle jibinannde, yumma, e nehdi e nder rewɓe. Kono tan, winndiyanke oo ɓeydi heen teeŋtinde no "weltaare yumma" ina waɗi kadi kulhuli, fartaŋŋe, e mette.

E konngol ƴeewoowo biyeteeɗo Marie Umeh, Emecheta "ina taƴa natal ɓurngal heewde e binndol Afrik.... Ina gasa tawa ina saɗi ƴettude natal teskinngal e yumma Afrik e dow mbaydiiji binndol gonɗi jooni ɗii, haa teeŋti noon e ndeeɗoo toɓɓere teskinnde."Marie Umeh, "African women in transition in the novels of Buchi Emecheta", Présence Africaine, no. 116, 1980, p. 199.

 Ngeesa Nwokocha Agbadi ko mawɗo nokku mawɗo, jom mbaydi, alɗuɗo. Hay so omo jogii rewɓe heewɓe, omo yi’a debbo ina wiyee Ona ɓuri welde. Ona ("jewel prix") woni innde nde o rokki mo. Ko ɓiy mawɗo gooto. Nde o woni suka, baaba makko ina nawta mo kala ɗo o yahrata, ina wiya ko kanko woni paɗe makko, Nwokocha Agbadi ina wiya e jaleeɗe ngam jaabaade, "Hol ko waɗi a ɓoornaaki mo e wutte maa no Ona nii?" O meeɗaa miijaade wonde maa o jey e worɓe ɓe caggal ɗuum naamnoo mo so o mawnii. 
E nder yontere toɓo wootere, mawɗo Agbadi e sehilaaɓe mum njahii fiyde elefant, nde ɓe ɓadtii tagoore teddunde ndee, mawɗo oo werlaa e tufnde mawnde e nder ladde suukara saraaji mum, o pinnaa e leydi. O fawi laana makko e reedu daaba mawɗo oo, o wara ɗum kono wonaa haa nde gaañii mo no feewi. Agbadi fadi, ina nanndi e yimɓe fof o maayi. O ummii caggal balɗe keewɗe o tawi Ona ina sara makko. E nder dumunna mo o selli, o ɗaaniima e makko, caggal ɗuum seeɗa o anndi debbo makko mawɗo biyeteeɗo Agunwa ina rafi no feewi. O maayi caggal ɗuum, ina sikkaa ma a taw o rafi ko sabu yiyde gorko makko ina waɗa giɗli e Ona e leeso mum nannduɗo e maayde.

Koolol ngol ina jokki e nder ñalawma hee. So waktu mum yontii ngam waɗde Agunwa e nder yanaande mum, kala ko o haani e nguurndam makko caggal maayde nde waɗtaa e kees makko, maccuɗo makko keeriiɗo ina wiyee. E aadaaji, maccuɗo moƴƴo ina foti diwde e yanaande e yiɗde yahdude e joom suudu mum kono oo maccuɗo cukalel belɗo ina ñaagoo nguurndam mum, ko ɗum mettini e worɓe ɓee no feewi. Maccuɗo mo alaa ko woni e mum oo, ina ɓuuɓtoo e nder yanaande ɓuuɓnde kono ina ƴattoo, ina ñaagoo joom mum Agbadi, mo ɓiyiiko mawɗo oo wulli e tikkere : « So ɗuum ɓennii yumma am fotaani wirneede no haanirta nii ? So o wiyii, o rokki mo fiyngo tiiɗngo e hoore cutlass. Banndiraaɓe goɗɗo rokki mo fiyngo sakkitiingo e hoore, o yani e yanaande, o deƴƴi haa abada. Ndeen wirwirnde ndee timmataa.Ona heɓi reedu e ɗaanaade e Agbadi, o jibini ɓiɗɗo debbo ina wiyee Nnu Ego ("saakuuji capanɗe ɗiɗi cowries"). Cukalel ngel jibinaama e maande e hoore mum nanndunde e nde cukalel ngel huutortee e hoore debbo maccuɗo oo waɗi. Ona jibini ɓiɗɗo gorko goɗɗo kono o maayi ko e ɓiɗɗo gorko mo o maayi, ɓiyiiko kadi maayi ñalnde wootere caggal ɗuum. Nnu Ego wonta debbo kono ko ɓiɗɗo. Caggal lebbi keewɗi tawi alaa ko holliti ɗum, o yeewtidi e safrooɓe leɗɗe keewɗe, o wiyi wonde debbo maccuɗo mo woni Chi (walla laamɗo patron) makko oo, rokkataa mo ɓiɗɗo. Jom suudu makko Amatokwu ƴetti debbo goɗɗo mo ɓooyaani reedu.

Nnu Ego hoota saare baaba mum. O resii, gite njiyataa, e gorko keso jooɗiiɗo to Lagos; ko ɗuum waɗi o ummii e wuro makko o yahri wuro ɗo o hawri e gorko makko keso oo, hono Nnaife, mo o yiɗaa kono o duwaaki so o waawii jibinde ɓiɗɗo e makko, o yiɗa ɗum. O jibini ɓiɗɗo gorko, o tawi caggal mum o maayi. O hulɓinii, omo woni e diwde e maayo, wuro ngoo ƴetti mo, weltini mo. E nder nguurndam makko, o jibinii sukaaɓe njeenayo wuurɓe. Jom suudu makko, lootoowo gorko daneejo, ina naata e konu e nder wolde, kono e dow hoore mum Nnu Ego ina waawi waasde ñamminde ɓe. So miñiiko gorko oo maayii, o ronka rewɓe makko nayo ɓee, o nawta ɓurɗo famɗude e ɓurɗo yooɗde oo e nder galle hee. Nnu Ego ina weltii e luural mawngal e oo debbo keso. E nder hare nde, debbo keso oo yalti ngam wontude debbo jom suudu, Nnu Ego ina hokka nguurndam mum ngam dañde ko ñamlata ɓiɓɓe mum. O scrimps e saves ngam rokkude ɓiyiiko mawɗo jaŋde hakkundeere, e yaakaare wonde maa o wallu ballal heddiiɓe e galle. Caggal nde o heɓi bak makko, omo ɗaminii ballal ɓeydaande mbele omo waawa janngude caggal leydi. Ɓiyiiko ɗiɗaɓo oo ina yiɗi noon. Ɓiɗɗo makko tataɓo, suka debbo, dogi e ɓiɗɗo jom suudu Yoruba. So Nnaife rokkii chase, o nawna gorko, o nawaa to ñaawirde, o waɗee e kasoo. Ɓiɗɗo Nnu Ego nayaɓo oo resii awokaa ñaawoowo Nnaife, o wiyi o resndata ɓiɗɗo joyaɓo oo. Nnu Ego hooti wuro, ɗo o fewnaa debbo mawɗo sabu e ɓiɓɓe rewɓe ɗiɗo resndaaɓe, e ɓiɓɓe worɓe ɗiɗo caggal leydi (ɓiɗɗo gorko ɗiɗaɓo oo eggini Kanadaa), omo ɗaminaa maa o heew weltaare yumma. Ina sikkaa wonde nafoore ɓiɓɓe makko ina foti heƴde e makko. O maayata ko maayde tan e nder wuro, o nanngaa ko debbo majjuɗo. Ko caggal maayde makko tan ɓiɓɓe makko ngarta ngam werlaade mo wirwirnde mawnde; ɓe mbaɗata ko waktuuji e kaalis e wirwirnde makko nde ɓe mbaɗaani e nguurndam makko. Teskaama Nnu Ego meeɗaani rokkude rewɓe ñaanooɓe ɗum ɓiɓɓe.

 Jaɓɓungal teskinngal Rewindaade to Afrik hirnaange winndi: "Buchi Emecheta ina jogii feere waɗde kewuuji gaadoraaɗi janngeteeɗi e nafooji. O ƴeewata ko geɗe tawa o ɓuuɓnaaki, tawa kadi o nanaani haaju e ustude walla ɓeydude. Ko doole kaawniiɗe.... ɗum woni, e nder... miijo am, deftere ɓurnde moƴƴude nde Buchi Emecheta winndi haa jooni."</ref> A. N. Wilson in The Observer said: "Buchi Emecheta has a growing reputation for her treatment of African women and their problems. This reputation will surely be enhanced by The Joys of Motherhood."A. N. Wilson, The Observer, quoted in Zell, Bundy & Coulon (1983), p. 151.A. N. Wilson e nder jaaynde wiyeteende The