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
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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