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It seems that no matter how hard they try international celebrities just can’t have their privacy. This fact is even more so concerning such acts as adopting a child from an underdeveloped country. Film and pop music star Madonna’s problems concerning her attempt to adopt David, an African baby from the poverty stricken country of Malawi, have gone from bad to worse, as the natural father is now reneging on his acceptance of a deal he made with the American mega-star, claiming he didn’t realize at the time that the child would leave him forever, “I thought he would only be raised and educated in America, and then returned to me to help me on my farm” the now ‘perplexed’ man was quoted assaying. Perplexed, or just holding out for a larger compensation offer from a woman who he found out is even wealthier than his village Chief. Surely, the lad is worth at least 100 milch goats, and not just the 10 or 15 he is being offered to allow his child to be spirited away to the same country that ’spirited’ thousands of Malawians away and then sold them into human bondage, more than two hundred years ago.
Madonna, who even enlisted the assistance of black talk show host Ophrah Winfrey to lend her a hand, now accuses media sensationalism as being responsible for killing the deal. Other American entertainment personalities, including Angelina Jolie and Brittany Spears have either adopted or are planning to adopt African children. Angelina, who adopted an Ethiopian baby, orphaned by AIDS, probably was wise to make sure there were no biological parents around to complicate the process. Due to the literally thousands of African infants and small children orphaned by famine, war, AIDS and other diseases, there is more than ample supply of children for these film and music personalities to choose from; which would lift a small child from a future of grinding poverty, and even death, into a world where the child would be given a lifestyle that 99% of the residents of the African Continent can only dream of.
“And why not?” asked a prominent South African social worker who has devoted a good part of her life to trying to assist the many poor African residents of her country. “If this process is done discreetly and without media fanfare, why not give such a child an opportunity he or she might otherwise never have”. South Africa itself has a very serious problem with AIDS and HIV among its poorer populations, with the result being many children being orphaned when both parents die from the dreaded disease.
“Spiriting away” a few hundred African children will not solve that Continent’s overpopulation, and other range of socio-economic problems. But at least it will give a handful of deserving children the chance for a better and healthier life than they would have otherwise. If only the media would stay out of the lives of these well-meaning celebrities, even if vanity does play a part.
2 Comments
I realy don’t understand what the media wants from Madona, she
just saved an african child from a miserable life like many thousands
of children in his country and the rest of africa, its true to say
that Madona’s action didn’t solve the prblem, but than she didn’t
claim so,and at least one child was saved and it should serve as
a reminder to all those people who talk about it and do nothing.
Quite right!
Some people took the child’s father aside and told him
he sold short! Like the article says: the boy is worth
at least 100 goats, and perhaps a couple of cases of
good malt Scotch wiskey as well!
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