The 48-year-old singer, who has two children, will respond to claims by the baby's father that he .
Yohane Banda, who cannot read, write or speak English, said he understood that his son would be taken into the care of a "nice Christian lady" from the West, but that he would return home after finishing school. He said: "He is my son and a son of my village here, and when he has completed his education outside Malawi, I hope that he will return here to work with me in our fields.
" It is not known whether Madonna will travel to America with her adopted son, who apparently was issued with a US visa before he .
" The singer's decision to adopt an African child has caused outrage in some quarters in America. One posting on the Oprah website writes: "Why are these celebrities allowed to adopt children in record time while us 'regular' folks go through years of hell?" Another said: "As much as I admire anyone for adopting any child to save them from abuse, starvation, death etc.
I can't help [but] wonder why these celebrities who are adopting and bringing these children home in record time have to adopt outside of North America?
"How many orphaned children are there in the US or Canada? I understand that every child needs a home and someone to love them, but why not start off at home?
" The singer was originally due to appear on Oprah to publicise the release of her latest children's book, The English Roses: Too Good To Be True, which is published tomorrow and is a follow-up to her 2003 best-seller.
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