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
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Shams	Orti Tuyatchbah	Ayoban	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Rhaburn	Oral Culture	05:27
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Black Bird	Oral Culture	04:14
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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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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