The father of the baby boy Madonna is trying to adopt said he is afraid criticism of the adoption will persuade the singer to drop her efforts and he urged her Thursday not to get angry.
Yohane Banda, the biological father of 13-month old David Banda, was reacting to Madonna's appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Thursday in which the pop star said she had done nothing wrong, had not used her celebrity to influence Malawian officials and wants to give the boy a better life. She also said she feared the criticism she has received in the media could discourage others from adopting from Africa.
"I am afraid Madonna may get angry and frustrated and decide to dump my son because of these people," said Banda, referring to criticisms from human rights activists in Malawi that officials there had bent the law to speed the adoption process.
"These so-called human rights activists are harassing me every day, threatening me that I am not aware of what I am doing," Banda said. "I'm afraid David may be sent back and the orphanage may not even accept him back. So where will he end up? Here? He will certainly die."
He said activists tried to visit him Wednesday.
Personall i think this would be a sad moment for adoption if Madonna backs out.
Although I don't understand the boys father. He was very supportive in the begining, then there was a statement that he didn't realize the boy was being adopted. Now he is saying that he wants the adoption to go through again. I wonder if he is confused because of the language barriers and translators telling him different things?
http://www.progressiveu.org/094219-its-been-almost-a-week