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NEW YORK — The father of an African girl whom Madonna hopes to adopt says he wants to take care of his daughter himself — even though he has never met her.
James Kambewa, thought to be the biological father of Chifundo “Mercy” James, said he doesn’t want the pop star to adopt the 4-year-old.
“I want to take care of her, and I’m capable to take care of my baby,” he told CBS’s “The Early Show” in an interview to be aired Monday. “Mercy, she is a Malawian — so (I) need her to grow as a Malawian as well with our culture.”
The girl lives in an orphanage.
Madonna’s appeal of a court’s denial of her request to adopt the girl is to be heard Monday in Malawi, in southeastern Africa. The Associated Press
