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
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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