Reggae, Caribbean and African

This room celebrates the rich rhythms and vibrant voices of Canada’s Reggae, Caribbean, and African music scenes. From roots reggae and dancehall to calypso, soca, Afrobeat, and traditional African styles, this collection reflects the cultural depth brought by diasporic communities across the country. Whether born abroad or raised in Canada, these artists brought the sound of islands and continents to Canadian streets, shaping a powerful, joyful, and deeply expressive musical legacy. Uplifting, unifying, and undeniably rhythmic.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

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Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

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Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

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Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

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Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

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Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

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Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

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Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

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Stranger Cole - The Patriot

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Stranger Cole - Capture Land

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Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

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Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

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Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

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Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

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Ishan People - Roots

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Ishan People - ST

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Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

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Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

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David Thiaw - African Skies

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Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

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Demo Cates - Lady

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Demo Cates - Stealing Love

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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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