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
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
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
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20

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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