The New Africa Foundation presidential candidate, Nana Kwame Bediako, also well-known as Freedom Jacob Caesar or Chedaar, has revealed the inspiration behind his presidential ambition.
The revocation of a permit by the Ghanaian government for The Convention 2024, a Pan-African event that was set to take place on Sunday, January 7, 2024, Ghana’s Constitution Day, at Independence Square, brought Cheddar into the public eye.
Following this, Cheddar has been granting interviews to reveal his plans and vision for Ghana and Africa as he braces himself up for the highest position in politics.
In a recent intervie on JoyNews, Nana Kwame Bediako, disclosed the inspiration behind the ‘Man in the Mask.’
According to him, Africans must go back to the ancient times how black government and excellence started.
Cheddar further explained that in those days, the mask was the identity of the black man which is evident in our arts, however, in recent years, Africa has lost it’s identity and must go back to it.
“We have to go back to to the ancient times how black government and excellence started. These were the days of the Tinbutu’s, when were building universities and pyramids. When you go back to history, the mask is one of our identities. Even today our mask is like a face of a black person where the faces were painted and colored,” he said.
He continued, “Today the mask has come off, we have lost our identity. We are facing identity crisis, today black people are all over the world. So you can’t really define who a black person is. So we believe that this movement the mask was the right significant symbol for people to connect and communicate with us.”
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Relatively speaking, Cheddar has said that poverty inspires him. In an interview on Thursday, January 11, on TV3’s New Day, the organizer of The New Force movement mentioned that he gets inspiration from the country’s leaders, particularly those from the 1960s.
The businessman discussed the fallout from the event, which his nonprofit organization, The New Africa Foundation, had planned but had to postpone because of a presidential directive.
