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
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16

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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