According to Cindy Thompson, she didn’t know about this until the former President invited her to the Castle and confessed to her about it.

“I will say yes when you ask if God through me gave a song that helped our father (President Kufuor) to become a president in the year 2000”, Cindy Thompson told Fiifi Pratt on Kingdom FM in an interview.

The singer further disclosed that at the time she released the song she didn’t have a relationship with any of the political parties.

“President Kufuor looked for me till he found me; I just can’t believe it. I was there when he called my manager and my manager told me the President wants to see you. From my mother’s kitchen, because of music, I met the President of the nation. I couldn’t believe it.”

Revealing the details of what exactly the Ex-President told her, Cindy Thompson said: “When he saw me he said, are you that little girl? You are not grown up either. God richly bless you. Your music has helped me. I believe your music is one of the reasons why I won. Through your song, I have also received the blessings of God.”

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On Joy FM’s The Reason is Jesus, the veteran artiste said she was scared because people started associating her with politics.

According to her, she resorted to lying about her identity to prevent people from easily making her out.

“I got afraid because we know that if they start associating you with a political party, they can kill or destroy you.

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“So when it got to a point when I go out, I didn’t want people to see me. If somebody ever said to me, ‘You look like somebody’. I mostly lied and said, ‘that is my twin sister’,” she told host Fiifi Folson on Sunday.

Awurade Kasa single, which the singer released in early 2000, was a popular song widely accepted by the Christian community for its spiritual and electrifying lyrics.

The song was even made popular by the NPP presidential candidate John A. Kufuor who made it his major campaign song ahead of Ghana’s first general election in the 21st Century. 

Mr Kufuor using ‘Awurade Kasa’, captivated the electorate and won the 2000 elections to become Ghana’s 10th President since independence and second in the Fourth Republic.

This is because it takes more than just a good voice to be a Gospel artiste and not every one of them has been called by God.

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“I believe this so very much because I recall I had an event in Holland and before my performance, a choir came to sing very beautifully.

“After the show, we had to go and grab something to eat and to my surprise I saw the choristers taking their robes off, pulling out cigarettes and alcohol and I was shocked.”

“I went to ask them if they knew what they were doing was wrong and to my amazement, they answered that they were not Christians but only singers.

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“Some said, they sang because they have the voice and people encouraged them to join the choir but they were not believers of the things of God or Christians.”

“I had another experience in Benin as well, so yes it is not every Gospel artiste that is called by God,” she told Graphic Showbiz.

When asked how one who has been called by God would behave and operate, the Awurade Kasa singer said: “Anyone who is called by God understands the ministry he or she is in.”

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“Whatever step one takes, one asks God for guidance; one waits for Him to speak before one acts. When one has been called by God, one does not associate with the things of this world.

“One is not in competition with anyone because one trusts the person who has called you,” she noted.

Recounting how she got into the industry, Cindy Thompson said, “I was singing in the church and people often told me how good I was. The pressure was that, I should do my song and produce an album but I felt that time was not right.

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“So I went into my room and prayed, I asked God to show me a sign if indeed it’s His will and here I am today. It was so much to the extent that people actually came to me trying to poach me to their church,” she said.

“The fact that people tell you, you have a nice voice doesn’t mean you are called by God. You may have the gift which comes to everyone in different ways but God should direct you as to what you have to do with it and how to use it,” she said.

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Cindy Thompson rose to fame with her hit song Awurade Kasa, which was used by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2000 for its campaign.

Some of her songs include: Calvary Nyankopon, Onokwafo Nyame, Jesus Wo Nkoa and Nkunimde3.

According to the singer, there had been no graduate in her family because there was no money to take anyone to school.

“Through my ministry, I was able to raise money to look after my younger ones. No one has been able to go to secondary school but he went to university, now he is a graduate working somewhere and the other is now a lecturer at the Pentecost University,” she told Joy News’ MzGee in an interview.

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Cindy Thompson explained that she felt proud seeing a graduate in her house, adding that “that alone pushes me to love God all the more because there’s more he can do.”

The singer said she did not imagine for a second while growing up, that music would bring her this far.

“I never taught that I could be a musician, I loved to sing from my childhood so I never knew music would take me this far, never. I was eager to further my education to be somebody so I can take care of my younger ones,” Cindy Thompson added.

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She said that she was focused on becoming a secretary, get a job and cater for her other siblings.

“I educated myself, others helped me by paying my fees and the ones my parents can, they would do. The ones they cannot, I have to seek help, so for me being here, in fact, it is the grace of God,” she added.

Watch the full interview below:

Source: myjoyonline.com

The all-conquering gospel singer did not fail to live up to expectation. In fact, the Dome at Dzorwulu was a place to be. The heavens indeed came down.

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On the night of Adom Praiz at the Perez Dome, she made her impact felt in all her songs from ‘Anwawa Do’, ‘Dromo Soo’ to ‘Awurade Kasa’, which captured the number one position on the Ghanaian music charts for months.

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With five albums spamming 20 years, the gospel diva actually shook the Dome.

The event is the 10th anniversary of Adom Praiz ongoing at the Perez Chapel, Dzorwulu in Accra.

Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy