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
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53

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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