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
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48

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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