David Banda was born on September 24, 2005, in Malawi, a country in Southeastern Africa. According to reports, he was abandoned by his biological father, Yohane Banda, after his mother died shortly after giving birth to him. The nursing home sisters gave him to the Home of Hope, an orphanage in the Mchinji area. Madonna paid a visit to the orphanage a month later while on tour for her charity. Madonna noticed he had pneumonia and was on the point of death. The American singer filed for adoption as soon as possible and raised him as her son. On 10 October 2006, a year after the official legalities with the Malawian government were completed, Madonna was granted custody of the infant. Her ex-husband and she called their child David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie.
David Banda
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