Single-parenthood life of a child in Yoruba: a thematic analysis of Tunde Kelani’s Maami

Abstract

This study is about the how single-parenting affect the life of a child as portrayed in Tunde Kelani’s Maami. The qualitative analytical method of research was used to gather data for this study. The film was purposively selected based on the travails of a single-mother. The study reveals that single-parenting is difficult for both the single-parent and a child raised from a single-parent home. Single-parenting can lead to poverty (financial strain), emotional imbalance, decision pressure and guilt on the part of a single-parent, psychological imbalance, poverty and deprivation and social isolation and stigmatization. Single-parenting can change the life possibilities of a child. Maami film exhibits the need for married couples to properly raise their children.