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
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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