Cornelius Keagon

Cornelius Keagon (born July 6, 1996) is a Liberian artist and blogger. He was born in Boom Mines Bridge but grew up in Paynesville, Liberia. He started drawing at the age of nine.
Keagon's drawings consist mainly of Politicians. He is also an Humanitarian who dreams of a World without hunger and poverty.
Early life and Education
Keagon was born on July 6, 1996, in Montserrado County, to banker John Sei Keagon and his wife Selina. He has two older siblings: Kou Keagon-Baah, a Financial Analyst, and Pvt. Joseph Keagon of United States Army. As the youngest, Keagon is considered as his mother's favorite.
As the son of a bank manager, Keagon had a strained relationship with his late father, which developed more as he grew up. His childhood was disrupted by the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003). During the war, Keagon and his family took refuge at the smell-no-taste, a city outside Monrovia. After the Civil War, they moved back to Monrovia.
Keagon began his education at the Zoe Louis Preparatory School in Barnesville, Liberia. Due to the relocation from Barnesville to Paynesville in the early 2000s, Keagon transferred to the St. Kizito Catholic High School, where he remained up to his junior year. In August 2010, after gaining promotion to the 8th grade, he transferred to the Christ the King Catholic High School and graduated in August 2016 instead of 2015 due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. He is currently a studying Management at the Stella Maris Polytechnic.
At age 9, Keagon was discovered to be quit an artist. His drawings developed more as he grew older, earning him the best young artist award of 2007 by the St. Kizito Catholic High School. In 2016, Keagon gained huge recognition when he uploaded his drawing of a young girl (who seems to be staring at the viewer) onto his personal Facebook account. The drawing achieved over 2K likes and comments.
Business and Politics
from a very young age Keagon had a Business Mindset. He helped run his father's business, where he sold drinks at a local store. During his junior year of high school, he decided to study Business as a career having been inspired by successful entrepreneurs like Warren Buffett, Jack Ma, and Dan Lok.
Dispact his family none engagement in politics, Keagon has been cited on numerous occasions stating his interest in participating in local politics at some point in the future. Due to his political ambition Keagon earned the nickname “senator” in high school by his peers.
During the Liberian 2017 Presidential and General Elections, Keagon supported top Business Icon and Chairman of the Cummings Africa Foundation, Honorable Alexander B. Cummings Jr. of the Alternative National Congress. Keagon's political role models include: Robert Mugabe, Muammar Gaddafi, Abraham Lincoln, and .
Personal life
A very private individual, Keagon doesn't socialize. He describes himself as “the shy and easy going type who loves being alone”. Keagon is a soccer enthusiast. He spends most of his weekends watching soccer games at home. He's a huge supporter of Premier League team Arsenal F.C. He's a fan of horror movies and he enjoys loud music.
Keagon has been described as a womanizer and an introvert. In 2015, he was reported to have been in multiple relationships at once, he denied it stating that he's just a friendly guy with lots of female friends. Keagon's favorite country is England and he is a huge fan of the BBC.
In 2017, Keagon became a non-alcoholic. He's a baptised Catholic. Keagon is an avid reader, he regards himself as an intellectual; he is a fan of the English crime novelist Agatha Christie and says his favorite novel is And Then There Were None.

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