Cornelius Keagon

"You can say anything about me; as you please... But I am what I am and that's something that you can never be."

- Cornelius Keagon

Cornelius Keagon (also known as T.boy or Senator  ) is a young Liberian entrepreneur, blogger, humanitarian, Amazon influencer, student and expressionism artist who is most notable for creating p olitical and historical work of arts like The Problem No One Talks About, The Reason We All Die, and It Shines Towards Us. Keagon has achieved numerous different local and regional art awards since 2010. He is the CEO and President of the Liberian humanitarian organization Arts & Positivity. As an avid reader and writer, Keagon writes for Medium and several other blogs on a full-time basis, and is a part-time YouTuber for Alux.com, where he does video edits. Since 2019, Keagon's humanitarian organization, based in Montserrado County, has contributed immensely to the well-being and needs of hundreds of Liberian orphans. Since it's inception, most of the charity work is done at night due to Keagon's Robin Hood policy of secrecy. It is supported by politicians and philanthropists, it also receives public donations.

Early life and family
"As a child I never really had friends, my closest friends were family, my childhood memories are my best though."

- Cornelius Keagon Keagon was born in Monrovia on July 6, 1996. His father was a banker who worked for the Liberian Bank for Development & Investment (LBDI) for nearly twenty years. His mother is also a banker who currently works at the Central Bank of Liberia. He is the youngest of three children, he has an older sister and brother.

When the Second Liberia Civil War reached Monrovia in early 2003, he, his parents and siblings relocated to Harbel, a small farming town outside Monrovia. When the war ended in 2004, Keagon returned to Monrovia, where he entered the St. Kizito Catholic High School and in 2010, transfered to the Christ the King Catholic high school, where he remained until his graduation in 2016. Following his graduation, Keagon enrolled at the Stella Maris Polytechnic University to pursue a career in business.

Keagon discovered his Artistic skills at the age of nine and has never looked back since. His first award came at his high school, when he was awarded the young artist of the year in 2007.

Humanitarian career
"I believe no one was born to hate another person. Everyone should have the right to good education, food and shelter. And that parental background should not define an individual."

- Cornelius Keagon

In January 2017, Keagon began advocating against Civil Wars, injustices, and discriminations. He wrote an article on world peace and poverty in May 2019 in which he expressed his disappointment towards global wars and inequality among the human race.

On 5 July 2019, Keagon founded Arts & Positivity, a humanitarian organization. With fifteen members at the time of establishment, early works of the organization were often delayed. Eventually, the membership of the organization began to expand and by the end of it's first year, Arts & Positivity had over one hundred members, working fully as volunteers. The organization was born as a project of Nimba County only, but Keagon later changed the service to national duty. Arts & Positivity is made up of over one hundred individuals who work as Volunteers, as it was founded on a Nonprofit agenda. Local and international philanthropists and politicians support Arts & Positivity on a full-time basis. The organization also runs a public funds receiving service as well.

In November 2020, Keagon received the Heroes Award from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for establishing, maintaining and funding a humanitarian organization in a post war country, therefore, helping improve the lives of hundreds of orphans and those who are less fortunate. Funds received from the award were invested in charitable projects as part of Crescent Movement.

Career and influences
"How I see it is, in Africa weak leaders do not succeed. You have to be a strong leader in other to be successful."

- Cornelius Keagon At an early age, Keagon became fascinated by politicians. After high school, he enrolled at the Stella Maris Polytechnic University, where he is studying Management as a career. He developed his early admiration of politics from politicians like Charles Taylor and Muammar Gaddafi. Keagon was motivated into studying business as a career by entrepreneurs like Warren Buffett and Jack Ma. He also worked as an accountant for his father’s business during his junior and senior years of high school.

Personal life and artistry
"I'm not antisocial or proud, I'm just self-aware and reserved."

- Cornelius Keagon His paintings usually depicts either a historical event or figure from the past, or an on-going political tension or event. His first big political work came in 2011, when he did a painting about the Syrian revolutionary protest that gradually led to the civil war in Syria. Keagon has described his paintings as "things that illustrate everyday life problems that seems so small that everyone would rather ignore them than speak about them in public".

Political views
"If there's one thing that I'm very unstable at, it's politics. If I support you and you don't deliver, I switch."

- Cornelius Keagon

In 2011, Keagon supported the electoral campaign of former Liberian president Ellen Johnson sirleaf. During the Liberian general election of 2017, he supported businessman and philanthropist Alexander B. Cummings Jr. of the Alternative National Congress Political Party. He has also supported Liberian senator Prince Johnson, as well as Abraham Darius Dillon, a Liberian senator from the Unity Party as former president Sirleaf. Keagon have financially supported non same-sex marriage. Keagon also supports and strongly believes in the autocratic style of leadership.

Keagon strongly believes in the Mugabeism Idealogy by Sabelo Gatsheni, which states; Mugabeism as a form of populist reason is a multifaceted phenomenon requiring a multi-pronged approach to decipher its various meanings. At one level it represents pan-African memory and patriotism and at another level it manifests itself as a form of radical left-nationalism dedicated to resolving intractable national and agrarian questions. Yet, to others, it is nothing but a symbol of crisis, chaos and tyranny emanating from the exhaustion of nationalism.

Physical appearance
Keagon is a slender individual with sleek black hair, cold black eyes, a pale light-skin complexion and rather sharp, pointed features. He is described to have haughty good looks. As a young adult, his hair is receding, making his features look even more pointed. In his teenage years he had thick black afro hair slicked tightly back. Keagon is noted to strongly resemble his father. During his first year at university, Keagon had the Dark Mark burned into his left forearm, which has since faded to a mere scar upon the dissolving of all campus cults and orders.

During his early childhood into his teens Keagon was quite thin, with dark shadows under his eyes and a greyish tinge to his skin due to the stress of being a child introvert along with his hard studies. However, during his last five years of high school Keagon maintained a relatively healthy look.

As a young adult, Keagon maintains a low hair which is cut every week or two giving him a more mature and responsible look.

Recognition
The following is a table of the most successful artworks created by Keagon.

Trivia & facts about Keagon

 * Keagon is a huge fan of horror movies. Some of his favorites include: The hills have eyes, Final destination 3, Identity, and Jennifer's body.
 * He hates birthdays. Keagon is not a huge fan of birthdays. He regards it as a reminder of how short life is.
 * He is a speed driver. Keagon is a fast driver, his driving has been described as that of the Transporter.
 * He is an avid reader. Keagon spends most of his time either reading online, or reading in a library. He developed the habit as a 6th grader. Some of his favourite novels to date are: The mist, and The long walk by Stephen King.

Cornelius Keagon's personality
"I speak my mind, because it hurts to bite my tongue."

- Cornelius Keagon is often regarded as an intellectual, an introvert, a narcissist or a bad boy Keagon, in general, an introvert who is always alone. He has been keen on solitude for most of his life. He is flamboyant, has natural confidence that attracts attention from others. He is a narcissist, this sometimes leads him into being portray as a bad guy or bad boy. Keagon is also emotional, he is easily angered but easily consoled as well. His good lecturing skills combined with sharp thoughts have made many to categorized Keagon as an intellectual scholar.


 * Introvert
 * Flamboyant
 * Good lecturing skills
 * Attracts others and loves attention
 * Sharp thoughts
 * Highly spiritual
 * Loves neutrality
 * Stubborn and hard- hearted
 * Easily consoled
 * Loves Literature and History
 * Strong- wild and highly motivated
 * Firm standpoint
 * Strong influence on others
 * Emotional
 * Loves soccer
 * Favorite number is "3"
 * Brave
 * Easily angered
 * Smart

Favorite quotes from Cornelius Keagon

 * You can say anything about me; as you please... But I am what I am and that's something that you can never be.
 * Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it will always get you the right ones.
 * I would rather have no friends than fake friends.
 * Don't ever change yourself to impress someone. They should be impress that you don't change to please others.
 * I speak my mind, because it hurts to bite my tongue.
 * Never regret, if it's good it's wonderful, if it's bad it's experience.
 * Behind every successful man is a smarter woman.
 * The quality of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
 * Entrepreneurs solve people's problems at a profit.
 * If you can't beat me, join me.
 * Learn to pay yourself first, you'll never be broke.