*In discussing his Ethiopian daughter Zahara in the October issue of Esquire magazine, actor Brad Pitt reportedly offers white parents advice on how to care for the hair of a black child, based on his experiences with “Z.”
“For white people who might be having a little trouble with black-person hair, Carol’s Daughter is a fantastic hair product,” he says, according to the product’s Web site. (See image here: http://www.carolsdaughter.com/images/haircareforkids_innerpage_r4_c1.jpg) We got it for Z. Now her hair has this beautiful luster. And it smells nice, too.”
Zahara, adopted by Angelina Jolie and Pitt on July 6, 2005, was born Tena Adam in Ethiopia on January 8, 2005. The celebrity couple picked her up at a Wide Horizons For Children orphanage in Addis Ababa.
In other Africa-related adoption news, Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie are reportedly planning to adopt twins from an African orphanage in poverty-stricken Malawi.
A source tells British newspaper The People: "Originally Madonna and Guy planned to adopt only one child. But when they were told that might mean breaking up a family unit they immediately said they would take siblings or twins if that was the right thing to do. They want the children to be as young as possible but are prepared to take kids up to the age of four. And they are also willing to consider a child with special needs arising from being abandoned in an orphanage."
