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Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has revealed in her newly launched book “I am not Yvonne Nelson” that rapper Sarkodie impregnated her and she had to abort the baby.
was a budding musician with the potential to become one of the biggest artists in Ghana and beyond. At the time, however, the future looked uncertain, and his way through the maze of life still appeared too foggy to predict. Success was not guaranteed. He was still living with his mother and was not ready to carry a burden while he was being carried by his mother,” Yvonne writes in the book.
Touching on the relationship between she and Sarkodie, Yvonne admits that it wasn’t anything “serious.”
“I wouldn’t call what had developed between us a serious relationship. I gravitated toward people in the music industry. For the longest time in my life, music was my getaway from all the unpleasant things life threw at me. So, I liked his talent. We started talking and got close. Closer,” parts of the book read.
According to Yvonne, Sarkodie was not ready to be a father, so she had to take the painful decision to abort the baby.
“The first thing that hit me when he said no to keeping the pregnancy was my own life. I had grown up without a father in my life. I had often been reminded of how I had been borne by mistake.
“I was still wondering if the man whose name I bore was my father. How was I going to bring another human being into this world to live like me, someone whose father would reject him or her as Mr. Nelson had rejected me? If there was a way to spare someone else the trauma I was contending with, why would I reject that option, especially when I was not,” she narrated.
Thinking back on her decision, a now matured Yvonne admits she would have kept the baby.
“one of the most regrettable mistakes in my life. If the clock of life could be rewound to my younger self, I wou
