Multi-award-winning Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo, popularly often known as Sarkodie, has expressed sturdy assist for President John Dramani Mahama’s current name for African nations to take management of their pure sources.
The famend rapper and head of the Sarkcess Music label took to his official X (previously Twitter) account to put up a video of President Mahama delivering a compelling speech through the Government Management Retreat Programme (ELRP) held in Ada, Higher Accra Area, on Thursday, 24 April 2025.
In his handle, the president appealed to African leaders to harness the continent’s rich natural resources for sustainable growth. He warned in opposition to permitting overseas powers to take advantage of these belongings for their very own profit, as occurred through the colonial period.
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So many iconic appears to be like had been captured on the Met Gala final night time. Its evident that sure folks didn’t go there to play!
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The time has come for Africa to unashamedly benefit from the pure useful resource endowment God has given us. Within the colonial period, we had colonial masters. We had no say, and they also mined the gold and took it away. They developed the palm plantations and took the palm oil away. They took the diamonds and every little thing away.
Sarkodie, who was as soon as a fierce critic of Mahama throughout his presidency, welcomed the message with enthusiasm. In a caption accompanying his put up, he quoted the favored phrase:
The revolution might be televised.
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His response indicators a notable endorsement of the previous president’s stance on African sovereignty and useful resource administration.
The rapper’s put up follows his current reward for Burkina Faso’s navy chief, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who has received the admiration of many younger Africans for his daring developmental initiatives and anti-imperialist rhetoric. Traoré has typically been in comparison with the late Thomas Sankara, the enduring Pan-African revolutionary who led Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987.
Sarkodie has lengthy been vocal concerning the want for African leaders to unite and use native sources to uplift their nations as an alternative of relying on overseas help. He amplified this message in his 2020 political rap collaboration “Brown Paper Bag” with fellow Ghanaian rapper M.anifest, the place each artists criticised neocolonial affect and urged financial independence.
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Regardless of this, Sarkodie was accused of political bias within the lead-up to the 2020 elections after releasing “Pleased Day” with Kuami Eugene—a observe broadly interpreted as an endorsement of then-President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Celebration (NPP).
