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October 23, 2006 | celebrity | editor | 0 Comments
Madonna's controversial adoption of an African baby got even controversialier yesterday when the boys father said he never meant to give away permanent custody of his son. Yohane Banda, father of the 13-month-old David Banda, says he was never told that the adoption papers he signed meant that David would no longer legally be his son He says he was told David would be raised in London, away from the poverty and strife of Africa, and then be allowed to return home. Yohane is illiterate, a simple farmer in Malawi, and says he did not understand the process as it was explained. He says:
"If we were told she wants to take the baby as her own, we would not have consented, because I see no reason why I should give up my son. I am just now realizing the meaning of 'adoption,' "
It seems clear what Madonna has to do now: she has to kill Yohane and bury him in the desert. Maybe – MAYBE – she could have adopted an actual orphan, a child with no parents, but those were all dirty and didn't photograph well in the test shoots, so she stole David. And now Yohane is causing trouble. Jeez, these African parents. Stubborn stubborn stubborn.