In what is poised to be the most shameless act of rich, smug, celebrity selfishness, not only has Madonna stolen (“adopted”) an African baby, but she has also bought an African man. In an attempt to challenge, and more importantly, change the country’s definition of “stolen” to “adopted” , Madonna paid off Penstone Kilembe (who if you remember or in case don’t, is the director of Child Welfare Services in Malawi) to give the thumbs up on the Madge’s adoption process.

According to Reuters:

“One of Malawi’s leading weekly newspapers reported on Sunday that Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja had barred Penstone Kilembe from making his planned trip to assess the suitability of Madonna and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, as the boy’s adoptive parents.

The High Court of Malawi appointed Kilembe to travel to Britain twice and was to have relied on his testimony in ruling whether Madonna’s adoption of the child should be formalized in a hearing next year.

The Malawi News newspaper reported that the minister accused Kilembe of obtaining an air ticket and money from Madonna without government approval.

‘What this means is that the whole adoption process may crumble and David sent back to his village,’ he told Reuters.

Justin Dzonzi, a lawyer who led a 65-member human rights group in challenging Madonna’s adoption, also said the minister’s decision could halt the adoption process.

Dzonzi filed the case arguing that Malawi laws forbid international adoption and therefore the government broke its own laws by granting Madonna an interim adoption.”

It’s a shame really, that in this day and age, you can’t just go around buying Africans. The historical and ethical significance against buying blacks is practically non-existent. And even if a few were hurt some, I don’t know, what…twenty… fifty years ago, who’s to keep me, a caring, compassionate individual from buying one of the cute ones in order to feel like a self-validated contributing member of society?

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