Ryan Hamilton-Davis Saturday, February 11 2017
ONE YEAR has passed since 31-year-old Japanese national Asami Nagakiya was found dead at the Queen’s Park Savannah.
The young woman, who came to Trinidad to play the steelpan and take part in the carnival celebrations was found murdered on February 10 last year. She had been coming to Trinidad on her own for eight years, to play the tenor pan. She last played with PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars but, also played with several other bands, including the Woodbrook Modernaires and Desperadoes.
Last year was her first time ever playing mas. It was, unfortunately, her last time. Her death remains among a long list of unsolved murders in which police struggle to find a breakthrough. Although an entire year has passed and her murder has faded from the memories of some, for her close friends and fellow pannists, the pain of her loss still resonates with them.
Newsday spoke to Marcus Ash the drill master of PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars, on Thursday night during a one-year commemoration of her death. The band put up a memorial at their panyard on Tragerete Road, which was on display while they practised. The memorial had a framed collage of photos, and sticks of incense which were lit in her memory.
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I would love too Claude, the world really need to see them.
The Codrington Pan Family has a beautiful video honoring Asami, right here in the Forum, have a look.
Time for you to organize a WORLD TOUR for the Codrington Family, Cecil!!!