The natural mother of Angelina Jolie's adopted Ethiopian daughter Zahara has made a heartfelt plea to the superstar actress telling her: 'Please just let me talk to my daughter'.

Poverty stricken Mentewab Dawit Lebiso told Daily Mail Online she is desperate to be part of her 12-year-old daughter's life - and called for Jolie to get custody of her daughter in the bitter split with Brad Pitt.




She dreams of one day meeting the girl she gave up as a tiny infant - but said she would settle for the chance to simply hear her voice.

'I just want her to know that I am alive and here and long to be able to speak with her. I do not want my daughter back but just to be in contact with her and be able to call her up and talk with her,' said Mentewab, who ekes out a living in Ethiopia.

But she adds: 'I miss her all the time. I think about her every day and long to hear her voice or see her face.I know when she has a birthday but I am sad because I can't celebrate it with her. I would so much want to celebrate with her on her birthday and other special days.


Daily Mail Online tracked down Mentewab to a town in central Ethiopia far from the capital Addis Ababa and tourist attractions of the African country.'I long to be able to have regular contact with her.'

During an exclusive interview Mentewab looked close to tears as she mentioned her daughter's name and talks of her hopes of one day being reunited with her.

Even now, 12 years after giving up her only child for adoption the pain as she talks about Zahara is clear in her face.

I beggi!

Nah now she know say she wan hear or have her daughter back after Jolie don take care of the little infant to a beautiful girl.

She knows the girl is probably an American citizen now...she dey claim mother.


Poverty is a curse and it will not befall us jare

They are sooo evil! What are they doing to the child! This is heartbreaking. It's a legal adoption and you don't get to pull this kind of stunt after.

because u poor , u no fit wash ur leg for international interview...

all these pple painting africans as dirty , as if poverty isnt enough..

Awwww, a mother's love..nevertheless,she should move on. meddling with the girl's new life now won't be so fair.before you "ll know it ,they'll use African magic to call the girl back home...We are Africans!!!

so touching

Why did she gave her out. For adoption wen she know she stil miss her child. Some woman sha

Stunt!

pls give her back her child abeg

the way people paint Africa eh

Give her kini? So, she just realized she has a child .

A mother shd never abandon her child no matter what. If you are so poor that you are eating only sand, keep your child and let her eat it with you.

Even chickens fight hawk to protect their chicks. Animals protect their babies, talk more of humans.

Did she know what that her action might have caused that child? Most times, adopted children go thru abuse in the hands of their adopted parents.

Then, she just woke up one morning and remembers she has a child.

She is doing all that because the baby is in America now. Yes!! I said it.
She wants the baby back because the baby is now American citizen .

Smh

The child no go gree sef

She abandoned her baby, now she wants her back cos the baby is now a celeb. What an opportunist!

When is Angelina jolie coming to Naija to adopt,am available for Adoption