fresh twist to the saga, saying he never intended his son to be adopted by the pop diva, but only for her to raise the child on his behalf.
In an interview in his home village of Lipunga on Saturday, one-year-old son on his behalf, rather than that the child should become her own.
court to stop Madonna from adopting his son David.
him her own son, we would not have agreed to that," Banda said in his local language of Chichewa.
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 last week temporary adoption rights by Malawi authorities.
alliance of 67 human rights groups, which argues current Malawi laws forbid international adoption, even by celebrities.
Banda told Reuters he signed papers he could not understand, but but not take him away for good.
comes back to me," Banda said.
Madonna, Banda said: "I am still waiting to get my copies."
officials who mediated the agreement. Banda said he would wait to with his mother and other family members.
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after giving birth to him.
could not look after him, we did not have a health centre 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.
for him to officially join her family.
about David and Madonna.
until he finishes school, becomes independent and comes back home to us," Banda said.
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