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
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50

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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