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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Mittoo, Jackie	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Brown, Leroy	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Earth, Roots And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Conyers, Lorenzo	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Ali, Naya	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Brown, Leroy	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Webber, Cynthia	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67	01:36
Brown, Leroy	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Mittoo, Jackie	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Logan, Skipper	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Mittoo, Jackie	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Kwizera, Ezra	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Brown, Leroy	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Lindsay, Balford	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Mittoo, Jackie	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Spence, Julie	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Brown, Leroy	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Mittoo, Jackie	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Kwizera, Ezra	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Mittoo, Jackie	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Lovejoy, Sid	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Smith, Ernie*	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Mittoo, Jackie	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Brown, Leroy	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Osbourne, Johnny	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Brown, Leroy	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Mittoo, Jackie	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Brown, Leroy	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Brown, Leroy	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Hewitt, Winston	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Rollins, Priscilla*	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Mittoo, Jackie	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Mittoo, Jackie	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Mittoo, Jackie	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Ellis, Noel	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Osbourne, Johnny	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Allen, Lillian	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Sibbles, Leroy	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Walton, Dennis	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Lee, Ras	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Webber, Merlene	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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