Ghanaian musician and former University of Ghana SRC President Maradona Yeboah Adjei, popularly known as Guru, has opened up about the unexpected impact student politics has had on his life.
Speaking in an interview with Dr Pounds on Hitz FM on Tuesday November 18, the rapper revealed that the moment he announced he was running for SRC President at Legon, everything changed.
According to him, nothing could have prepared him for the intensity, pressure, and behind-the-scenes forces that came with student leadership.
“When I declared my intent that I’m vying for the position, since that day, life no turn normal again,” he said. “E be that deep.”
Guru admitted that at first, he assumed the SRC race was simply a campus-level competition. But a call he received early in the campaign changed his entire perception.
“I thought it was just a normal student game. Somebody called me and said, ‘Don’t see it like that. It’s a big play.’ Then I started seeing things different.”
He explained that people who downplay student politics do not understand its real influence. Guru pointed out that many of Ghana’s top political figures, including individuals in Parliament and even at the presidency — got their start through student politics.
“If somebody says you exaggerate student politics, they don’t know. The people at parliament, the president, the speaker — them all be student politicians. The things they do there, that be what they learn am for.”
Guru shared that winning the SRC presidency came with immense pressure, unexpected challenges, and experiences deep enough to build a documentary around.
“As you win am… yeah, I think I have to do a whole documentary. Because the way people dey see student politics, it no be students. Remove the ‘student’ from it because it’s proper politics.”
He even suggested that Ghana could consider creating a leadership pipeline from the university level to national positions.
“I wish say they will establish an MP role — like whoever wins SRC becomes an MP.”
Despite his experience, Guru is cautious about jumping into frontline politics after school. While he had dreams of working with the United Nations, he admits real-world politics requires serious thought.
“Politics as in real life — what I see for Legon — no, I have to think about them. If I go venture, I have to think twice about it.”
Guru’s revelations offer a rare, honest look into the hidden power, pressure, and political machinery behind student elections — a world many assume is small, but which shapes some of Ghana’s biggest leaders.
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