Madonna’s star power in Malawi

By Nyasa Times

Published: June 21, 2009

Madonna's star power in Malawi

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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 her [...]