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
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55

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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