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
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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