TO HIS brother, family and friends, Lutalo “Brother Resistance” Masimba will be remembered as, “A humble man who conquered the world.”
The celebration of life ceremony for the late Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) president is now available for viewing by the public on www.tntcarnivalworld.com.
The National Carnival Commission (NCC) said in a release that streaming of the recorded service for the late musical and cultural icon was available from Monday on the platform.
“The uploaded ceremony is free to view and easily accessible to the public simply by logging on to tntcarnivalworld.com today (Monday, July 26), and clicking the ‘What’s Happening’ tab at the top of the page,” the NCC said.
The three-hour long long video shows the eulogy delivered by Resistance's brother Neil Lewis as well as tributes by his children and friends and performances by Austin “SuperBlue” Lyons and composer and arranger Len “Boogsie” Sharpe.
The media was not invited to the actual ceremony which was held on July 23.
'HE TOURED THE WORLD'
In his eulogy Lewis said his brother performed on five of the world’s seven continents: North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe.
He said Resistance would recall some of his performances, among them being the opening act for a Roberta Flack concert in Central Park, New York in 1999.
“Wherever he performed he would conduct lectures and workshops on the TT culture,” Lewis said.
He spoke of Resistance’s many achievements, among them being TUCO’s president for the past ten years, his publications including his 1986 Rapso Explosion and the playing role of Aldrick from Earl Lovelace’s The Dragon Can’t Dance, for which he was nominated for a Cacique Award in 2002.
“He won several awards and the highest honour he achieved was being awarded a national award, the Hummingbird medal by the Government in 1992.”
Lewis said in the early days of Resistance’s career when he and the Network Rapso Riddum band were now starting to make their mark, there were many who did not endorse what they were doing.
People only learned Brother Resistance had a university degree during an interview with the late television and radio announcer Dale Kolasingh on AVM television’s programme Portraits, Lewis said.
“He told me that after that interview people who would pass him silently on the street in the past, were now stopping him and wanting to know him.”
He said Resistance never made anyone feel that because he had his degrees he was better than any of them.
He said in primary school, Resistance whose name was then Roy Lewis, started writing poetry and continued doing so at Queen’s Royal College (QRC).
Lewis who joined Resistance at QRC described his brother as being, “the lifeblood of the first 11 football team at QRC.”
“He was creating chants to inspire the team on the field during Intercol competition as well as stencilling t-shirts for supporters.
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