Father: Poverty led me to let Madonna adopt my son

The Malawian man who gave his son up to pop superstar Madonna has spoken about the decision he made in letting him go.

Father: Poverty led me to let Madonna adopt my son

The Malawian man who gave his son up to pop superstar Madonna has spoken about the decision he made in letting him go.

Yohane Banda said poverty forced him to put his son David in the orphanage where Madonna would later find him and start the ongoing adoption process.

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