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
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
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
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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