Father of Madonna's Baby -- Yohanne Banda

In August of 2007 journalist/producer Don Ray traveled for hours to reach the remote Malawi village where Yohanne Banda lives. He's the father of David Banda, the boy that Madonna adopted in 1986. By the time we arrived, the sun was nearly setting and we had a dangerous nighttime return trip ahead of us. We were only able to spent about 25 minutes with the warm, friendly and remarkably modest man. He had given up David when his first wife died. He had nobody to care for the boy. At the time of this interview (Interpreter was Rebbecca Chimjeka), Yohanne was remarried and expecting their first child together. I shot this with a consumer camera with a built-in microphone and no tripod available. Sorry for the shakiness. He was in the process of building the brick house you see in the background. You might also be interested in http://www.malawaiobserver.com. donray@donray.com

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[celv1]

maddona shouldnt be allowed to go 2 adoption centres again lol at least we no she is not racist lol

[Pippitypopify]

poor man. stupid bitch madonna, using ur fame to take these kids away to a life of nannies and caviar.

[torodeyeah]

Madonna you should be ashamed you stupid bitch give that child back you selfish your doing this for your own pick up well you lowered your standards again you need a reality check. theres kids in your own country thast need a home who have no parents you selfish woman on soo many levels..