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Yaya Alafia Gives Birth to Baby Boy

It's the first child for the Butler actress and her hubby.

It's a boy for Yaya Alafia! The former America's Next Top Model finalist and star of Lee Daniels' The Butler welcomed a bundle of joy to the world over the weekend. It's the first child for Alafia and her husband, Joshua Bee Alafia

No details about the baby, whom the couple have named Sankara, have been released, but the proud father did tweet an adorable photo of the newborn. 

Congratulations to the new parents!
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(Photos from left:  Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images, Facebook via Joshua Bee Alafia)

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