Ghanaian musician Sista Afia has opened up about her fears surrounding motherhood, saying she hopes to have children within a committed relationship and a stable family environment.
The singer, whose real name is Francisca Duncan Williams Gawugah, shared her thoughts on social media, expressing concern about the increasing number of single mothers and the possibility of finding herself in a similar situation.
“Seeing how many single mothers there are in this generation honestly scares me,” she said.
Sista Afia clarified that she is not afraid of becoming a mother but is concerned about raising a child without the love, commitment and family structure she has always envisioned.
“I’m not afraid of motherhood, but I’m afraid of becoming a single mother or just a ‘baby mama’ without the love, commitment, and family I always envisioned,” she wrote.
The musician stressed that her desire is not simply to have a child but to build a family with the child’s father through marriage or a committed partnership.
“I want to build a home, not just have a child. And honestly, that fear scares the hell out of me,” she added.
Her experience with relationships
Sista Afia’s comments come against the backdrop of her previously publicised experiences with relationships.
In September 2025, she revealed during an interview on The Delay that she had not been in a committed relationship for about eight years because of her feelings for a particular man.
“It is because the person I love does not love me. There is someone I love, but he does not love me,” she said.
She explained that although she had strong feelings for the man and made efforts to demonstrate her affection, the relationship was not equally reciprocated.
“I have time for him, but he does not have time for me. So that is why I said I love him more than he loves me,” she disclosed.
She later reiterated that she remained single, saying the man was aware of her feelings but that their relationship had never developed into the committed partnership she desired.
“I’m still single. He knows himself, and because of him, I haven’t been in a proper relationship for the past eight years,” she said.
Her latest comments on motherhood offer further insight into what she appears to seek in a future relationship—a committed family unit rather than simply romance or parenthood.
Sista Afia is known for songs including Jeje, featuring Shatta Wale and Afezi Perry, Kro Kro No featuring Bisa Kdei, Slay Queen, Weather, Paper and Sika.
