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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Mittoo, Jackie	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Brown, Leroy	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Allen, Lillian	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Pitter, Jahlin (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Ricketts, Glen	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Jackson, R. Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Kwizera, Ezra	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Smith, Ernie*	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Rollins, Priscilla*	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Mittoo, Jackie	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Hart, Winston	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
McGhie, Wayne	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Allen, Lillian	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Gibbon, Leroy	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
White, Christine Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Mittoo, Jackie	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Weekes, Tyrone	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Osborne, Johnny & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Kwizera, Ezra	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Mittoo, Jackie	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Webber, Merlene	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Osbourne, Johnny	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackson, Bert	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
El Kady, Pellegrin	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Extavour, Hugh Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Rollins, Priscilla*	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Gibbon, Leroy	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Weekes, Tyrone	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Mittoo, Jackie	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Banton, George	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Gibbon, Leroy	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Ricketts, Glen	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Mittoo, Jackie	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Ali, Naya	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Brown, Leroy	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Mittoo, Jackie	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Earth, Roots And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Mittoo, Jackie	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Gayle, Otis	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Webber, Cynthia	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Sibbles, Leroy	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Mittoo, Jackie	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Jackson, R. Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Banton, George	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Ellis, Noel	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Benjamin, ‎Calvin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Smart, Howie	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Sandy, Peter	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Lindsay, Balford	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Burgess, Ivan	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Harvey, Carl	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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