Yohana Banda, the biological father of Madonna’s adopted son
David, is very worried about the boy's happiness. Although Banda and his second wife
live simply in a thatched hut in Malawi, he thinks that three-year-old
David may be happier living with him than with the most famous woman in the world.
Banda put David up for adoption after his first wife, David’s
biological mother, died from complications in childbirth. He hoped that David
would have a better life in the U.S.,
but, he says, “Now I see him in a big bewildering crowd in the street with
people pushing and shoving, and many cameras around, and without a mother and
father to hold his hand. I’m feeling bad for him.”
Madonna’s divorce from Guy Ritchie has strengthened Banda’s
concerns about David’s welfare. “This is a new and terrible thing to happen to
him. I am too upset to think clearly,” Banda said.
Although this is clearly a unique case, Banda's concern raises interesting questions about the rights of
biological parents to be involved in their children’s lives after adoption. Naturally,
Banda cannot know what David’s private family life is really like without personal
contact from Madonna. Do you think Madonna has an obligation to reassure Banda
of David’s happiness, or are her family’s decisions none of his business?
Photo: Celebpick's Weblog
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