Here are a couple more of some of her "tame" pictures. I wonder if she included these photos in her "motherly" adoption portfolio.
Posted on 10/12/2006 11:29:04 PM PDT by MadIvan
A boy from an isolated village in Malawi's rugged bush was handed into the care of Madonna yesterday when a judge approved the pop star's adoption papers.
David Banda was born in a mud hut 18 months ago. His mother, Marita, gave birth without a nurse or medical equipment, save for a plastic sheet. She died days later.
The High Court in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, plucked David from his home village of Lipunga, where children in rags play in the dust beside women pounding maize, and gave him a symbol of Western popular culture for a foster mother.
Mr Justice Andrew Nyirenda granted Madonna an "interim order" allowing her to take the boy into custody. Today David is expected to leave Malawi with Madonna and her husband, the British film director Guy Ritchie, for London where he will start a life with her other children, Lourdes, nine, and Rocco, six.
Madonna and Ritchie recently admitted having had marital problems and insiders have speculated that an addition to the family will give their rocky relationship a fresh start.
David's father, Yohame Banda, 32, met his son's prospective foster parents during the court proceedings. Afterwards, he told journalists that he was "happy" that David would escape Malawi's grinding poverty.
Mr Banda added that he knew little about the boy's foster mother. "I'm not aware of Madonna. I don't know her. All I know is that she'll give my son a better life," he said. Mr Banda spoke at his home Lipunga, 120 miles west of Lilongwe. The border with Zambia runs along a range of hills behind his village and its people walk into the neighbouring country at will. While Mr Banda is a Malawian, David was born in Zambia to a Zambian mother.
Mr Banda, who was abandoned by his own father as a boy, was raised by Lipunga's chief, Henderson Geza.
"A few days after giving birth, David's mother died," said Mr Geza, 69. "Because of our poverty, we were unable to support the child. So we decided to send him to an orphanage."
David entered Home of Hope orphanage, about 40 miles from Lipunga. Madonna arrived in Malawi last Wednesday to help charities serving children who lost their parents to Aids. She visited this orphanage last week.
A teacher at Home of Hope said Madonna met David last Friday. "She was carrying the baby. She was smiling and she was saying 'ah, beautiful'," he said.
Then Mr Banda was informed that an "American woman" would like to adopt his son. Mr Geza said: "He said, 'I gave my son to the orphanage because I could not take care of him, so I would like him to be adopted'. I said, 'If that is what you want then, as your chief and as your stepfather, I give you my permission'."
Mr Banda told the chief that she was a "respectable American lady". Madonna's name was unknown to them.
"We were very happy," said Mr Geza. "We read the Bible and we thought 'this is coming from God'."
Yet for almost 40 years, Malawian law has banned foreigners from adopting children. Section Three of the Children Adoption Act states that an "adoption order shall not be made" in favour of anyone residing outside the country.
In 1993, however, Malawi signed the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. This says under article 21 that "inter-country adoption may be considered".
The government has agreed in principle to amend the Adoption Act and bring it into line with the convention. In its ruling yesterday, the High Court appeared to give the convention precedence over Malawian law.
But the people of Lipunga care little for legal niceties and wish David well.
"Here we are poor and we don't have enough food," said his cousin, Alex Phiri, 17. "Now David can make a bright future."
The English can come up with some good ones. They had one a couple of years ago that I posted where they called a large newborn "Kid Kong".
I have to admit when I was younger I used to daydream about adopting an oriental child because of their beauty. I taught preschool and had a beautiful Japanese girl about 4 years old and she spoke Japanese. So damn adorable to me at the time.
Really? Why do I venture to guess that neither will spend much time with the child, which is probably a good thing in the end. She has the money that hopefully it will be taken care of well (nanny?), with good food, medical, school etc, with minimal 'Hollywood influence'.
Welcome to FR!
Here are a couple more of some of her "tame" pictures. I wonder if she included these photos in her "motherly" adoption portfolio.
In Madonna's world, everything has a price, including a child.
It is being reported that she conducted a "slave auction",lining up 12 children, and picking the one she likes.
Disgraceful.
Ugh, really? That's even worse!
Regards, Ivan
lol! I toooold you noooo wire hangerrrsss! But Madonna, in my village we are not use to hangers!!
I agree with you.
I don't know if that's true, but it sounds like picking a dog from a pound.
C'mon now. How else does one choose from a group? You line them up and pick. I doubt this child will have to "slave" over anything.
Well, I'm sure that adopting poor, starving countries will be the next step for celebrity couples. They'll need places to keep all of their pets, er, kids.
I'm running into more and more people in my hometown who have adopted Chinese girls. The way China is giving baby girls away there won't be any girls for the young men to marry. Females in China will be in a position to demand anything they want. Unfortunately, for the world, China will have a lot of angry young men.
Well if I can assume by your screen name I would say you have been very blessed....nine times. :O )
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Personally, I'm glad she did it. She may not be Mother of the Year but this child will have a chance for a better life. He can
leave home when he grows up. He can rebel and become a Christian! At least while he's growing up it won't be a daily struggle just to eat.
What a terrible burden to place on this child, on all their children. It's up to them to FIX their marriage - adding a new child to the mix DOESN'T work.
Next thing will be Paris Hilton adopting an aborigine baby from the Australian Outback.
Leni
Must be a birthday gift for her daugher
Lourdes will be 10 tomorrow, 10/14/06
(The only reason why I know this is because I had my youngest son 4 days before the material girl had her first.)
The new Ugly Americans: Hollywood trasharazzi.
How sad and how childish.
Here's a blistering commentary from Andrea Peyser of the NY Post:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10122006/news/columnists/shameless_star_buys_an_african_souvenir_columnists_andrea_peyser.htm
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