Madonna’s star power in Malawi

By Nyasa Times

Published: June 21, 2009

Madonna's star power in Malawi

Madonna (C), David Banda and Rocco Ritchie arrive to the Kabbalah Center in Manhattan on May 16, 2009 in New York City. Celebrity Sightings In New York - May 16, 2009 Streets of Manhattan New York, NY United States May 16, 2009 Photo by James Devaney/WireImage.com To license this image (57457215), contact WireImage.com  | read this item

Eliza Manyoza, a banana vendor in Malawi’s colonial-era capital Zomba, says she has never heard a Madonna song. She only knows the American pop icon as an “adopter” of orphaned children. “I am told she is a nice woman who wants to help our children,” Manyoza, 39, told AFP, with her nine-month-old baby strapped at [...]