THE father of David Banda, the Malawian child adopted by Madonna, has urged human rights groups challenging the adoption to leave the child alone.
child. He said he was unable to look after David, aged 13 months.
adoption if he had known it meant giving up his son.
At the same time, Madonna appeared on the Oprah talk show defending her actions. She accused the media of making up negative the child back to Britain this month.
adoption, she said: "I wouldn't say I'm hurt by it, but I would say newspapers. But I think for me, I'm disappointed because it discourages other people from doing the same thing."
actions.
"I assure you it doesn't matter who you are or how much money you have, nothing goes fast in Africa. There are no adoption laws in Malawi," she said.
in villages ravaged by AIDS.
"To see eight-year-olds in charge of She said her children had embraced their new brother. "That's the amazing thing about children. They don't ask questions.
They've never once said, 'What is he doing here?' or mentioned the difference in his skin colour."
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