Ghanaian Reggae & Dancehall veteran Iwan has revealed how the government of the day still wins elections despite the hardship they impose on the citizens.
In a recent interview with Amansan Krakye, the “Who’s Bad” hitmaker, whose career has been on the decline for almost a decade, said that during an election year, people are more likely to forget the hardships they have had in past years.
He suggested that most Ghanaians are not smart enough which is why politicians take them for a ride and create the same vicious cycle of poverty for them when elections are over. Here’s what he said;
Ghanaians have a short memory and so we easily forget certain critical issues and what some people have done for us in this country. Let’s use our political system for example, we will suffer a lot of economic hardships in this country for three years and just a year to the election we forget. The same government that has caused the suffering will say something or change a certain policy and through that, they will win the people back.
Iwan’s real name is Abdul Razak Issahaku. He is a Reggae and Dancehall artiste from Ghana, West Africa. Being a product of the University of Ghana, Legon, Iwan, also known as “Lyrical Gunshot”, pursued Theatre Art and Music and Dance and now holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts
Iwan is the first artiste in Ghana to win a reggae or dancehall award. He dissed the Theatre Art, Music, and Dance curriculum at the University of Ghana while a student there, thus he’s the one to watch out for. The hiplife duo 5five’s manager, Bullhaus Entertainment, initially signed him.
His debut album, Iwan – My Time, included some intriguing rhythms that rocked the music world. The year was 2010. Iwan, also known as Abdul Razak Issahaku, is a member of the Dagomba tribe and is originally from Ghana’s northern region. He is the last of five children—three boys and four girls—that Mr. Issahaku Atta and Mrs. Ajara Mamudu have.
Iwan graduated from St. John’s Junior Secondary School in 2001 and then enrolled at Accra High School, where he spent his third year as the entertainment prefect. He took part in a variety of school activities and competed on behalf of the institution off campus.As a result, he began writing down commercial songs while still in secondary school and began taking music seriously. He took a sound engineering course in an effort to advance his musical career.
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