Pleasantville unveils mural to honour cultural leaders
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From left, Mayor of San Fernando Junia Regrello, Mckivin Foster, son of Loderick Foster, Councilor Robert Parris, representative of the Mohammed family Deron Attzs, Chairman of the PNM San Fernando East Constituency Patricia Alexis and artist Jason Sealey near the mural in honour of Torrence Mohammed and Loderick Foster on Chaconia Avenue in Pleasntville, San Fernando. - Photo by Ayanna Kinsale
AGAINST the backdrop of moko jumbies dressed in the national colours, dancing to the rhythm of the drum, a mural of two cultural figures – the late Torrance Iqbal Mohammed and Lodrick “Rollo” Foster – was unveiled on the Pleasantville Wall of Fame at Chaconia Avenue, San Fernando on Monday morning.
Nation robbed of a treasure in Torrance Mohammed
Torrance Mohammed - Yvonne Webb
“WHEN the bandit robbed Torrance Iqbal Mohammed, he did more than that. He robbed the nation of a son, of a national treasure,” was how TUCO PRO Steve “Ras Kommanda” Pascall summed up Mohammed’s death.He died in hospital on Tuesday after being knocked down by a man who robbed him of his phone and a gold chain as he dropped fruit at a friend s home.
Kommanda said when the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) got an office space at City Hall San Fernando in 1993, he developed a lasting relationship with Mohammed, who was then deputy mayor at the city corporation.