He told his teacher who thought he was up to nothing because of his poor performance in class, that he was going to work towards meeting the President of Ghana.
Anthony Jefferson Hanson’s strength was definitely not academics but he was an ‘art god’, right from birth.
That talent didn’t do him much good in school where it was barely recognised but after school, with his grandfather, Emmanuel Ewusi’s guidance, he blossomed.
Today, his story is different, his work and artistry is speaking for him in Ghana and beyond.
What’s more, his childhood dream has been realised, his painting of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo got him a meet with the first Gentleman.
He recounted the story of how it all happened to Wonder Ami Hagan in this edition of People & Places on GhanaWeb TV.
