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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
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
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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