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Madonna faces new rival over fight to adopt Chifundo ‘Mercy’ James in Malawi
Hannah Fletcher
A man who claims to be the biological father of Chifundo “Mercy” James, the Malawian girl that Madonna wants to adopt, has said that he will fight to raise her himself.
James Kambewa, 24, told a US television network that he wanted to raise four-year-old Chifundo, despite never having met her. Madonna will take her case for adoption to the Malawi Supreme Court tomorrow.
Mr Kambewa told CBS News: “I want to take care of her and I’m capable to take care of my baby.” He admitted that he had seen his daughter only “in newspapers and on TV, not face to face”, but said that he wore a necklace with his daughter’s name on it and insisted that she should be raised in Malawi.
“I need her to grow as a Malawian, as well as with our culture,” he said. “I don’t have the money to pay a lawyer, but I am looking for one so that I can issue an injunction stopping Madonna from continuing to seek to adopt my daughter.”
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A Malawian court rejected Madonna’s request to adopt the child last month. The law states that foreigners seeking to adopt in Malawi must have been resident in the country for at least 18 months.
The residency restriction was waived when Madonna adopted four-year-old David Banda, also from Malawi, in 2006. Madonna’s Malawian lawyer said that the singer, 50, would give Chifundo a “good life”, as she had given to Banda.
Madonna’s spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, said that they had received no confirmation that Mr Kambewa was the real father of Chifundo. “All I know is that [she] has been in an orphanage since the day she was born,” Ms Rosenberg said.
Mr Kambewa said that he had abandoned the girl after her mother died giving birth to her. He said that the woman’s parents had accused him of killing their daughter.
He now works as a domestic worker in Blantyre, the financial capital and second-largest city of Malawi, earning around $80 (£55) a month.
He is waiting to hear whether Legal Aid, a government body that provides free legal services, will provide him with a lawyer.
