Madonna adopts an African baby

Madonna adopted an African baby boy during her trip to Malawi, who waived their ban on non-resident adoptions just for her, and has moved forward with plans to start a center for 1,000 orphans.

Government officials said the 48-year-old singer, already a mother of two, chose the one-year-old orphan from among 12 children specially chosen prior to her arrival in the country, which has legions of children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.

“She asked us to identify boys only, which we have done after visiting four orphanages in Lilongwe,� government spokeswoman Adrina Michiela said. Michiela said Madonna had wanted to adopt a girl but changed her mind two weeks ago.

Madonna specifically asked for a boy so she wouldn’t seem so trendy after Angelina Jolie already adopted a girl. It’s unclear if this child has AIDS, but you could assume he doesn’t. That’s what the center is for. I hope Madonna’s black baby will be very happy playing with Madonna’s white children. They’ll be pretty pissed to find out he’ll run faster than them and have a vertical leap matching their height. Stereotype? What does that mean?

Update: Madonna’s rep has denied any adoption took place.