Madonna visited Lilongwe, an impoverished village in Malawi, where officials said she is expected to buy a young girl. Last year she bought her son David in the same country where she also runs a charity organization. The 50-year-old material girl refused to answer questions about reports that she was in Malawi to adopt a four-year-old girl. Some people might make comparisons to the old days of slavery where wealthy people could purchase people. Although slavery has been outlawed in most of the world, a different form is returning as wealthy and famous people including Angelina Jolie go to Africa to buy children like one would buy a pet. The Center is opposed to this because it takes African children away from their native culture and brings them into a declining society which places no value on culture. Dominic Nutt with UK's Save the Children says, "The thing to do is to support the community, to support local agencies and charities who can look after the child so that the child is at least cared for in their community."
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