Madonna
believes
"women
are
the
future
of
Africa".
The
singer,
who
was
inspired
to
adopt
Malawian
orphan
David
after
visiting
the
poverty-stricken
region
last
year,
is
now
working
on
a
documentary
to
increase
awareness
of
the
plight
of
African
orphans.
Madonna
told
Vanity
Fair
magazine:
"I
want
to
see
girls
with
educations.
I
think
women
are
the
future
of
Africa."
The
pop
superstar
has
teamed
up
with
director
Nathan
Rissman
to
produce
a
film
exploring
the
lives
of
the
thousands
of
infants
and
children
who
have
been
orphaned,
often
as
the
result
of
HIV
and
AIDS.
Madonna
said
recently:
"I
asked
one
of
the
children
in
Malawi,
'If
you've
got
the
world
listening
to
you,
if
there's
one
thing
you
could
say
to
the
world,
what
would
you
say?
And
the
boy
said,
'Please
just
help
us
forget
we're
orphans.'
"
Madonna,
48,
adopted
19-month-old
David
after
travelling
to
Malawi
to
help
build
an
orphanage
as
part
of
the
Raising
Malawi
project
in
October.
The
'Material
Girl'
singer
also
has
a
ten-year-old
daughter,
Lourdes,
from
a
previous
relationship,
and
a
son,
Rocco,
six,
with
her
director
husband
Guy
Ritchie.