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
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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