LIPUNGA, Malawi (Reuters) - The father of the Malawian boy Madonna plans to adopt added a fresh twist to the saga, saying he never intended his son to be adopted by the pop diva, but of Lipunga on Saturday, Yohane Banda said Madonna asked that she be able to raise his one-year-old son on his behalf, rather than that the child should become her own.
gone to court to stop Madonna from adopting his son David.
make him her own son, we would not have agreed to that," Banda said in his local language of Chichewa.
given away forever when I can feed him," he said, speaking at his village of Lipunga near the Zambia border late on Saturday.
Madonna, 48, has angered rights groups with her plan to adopt young David Banda, who left his native country on Tuesday granted temporary adoption rights by Malawi authorities.
an alliance of 67 human rights groups, which argues current Malawi laws forbid international adoption, even by celebrities.
understand, but government officials assured him that the nurture and educate the boy but not take him away for good.
educate him and then he comes back to me," Banda said.
Madonna, Banda said: "I am still waiting to get my copies.
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government officials who mediated the agreement. Banda said he after consultations with his mother and other family members.
London were immediately available for comment.
malaria days after giving birth to him.
could not look after him, we did not have a health center nearby and the orphanage was the ideal place for him," he said.
The American singer, who is married to British film director Guy Ritchie, hopes to make David a brother to her 10-year-old daughter Lourdes and son, Rocco, who is six.
She has denied cutting corners to speed the adoption process.
given for him to officially join her family.
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