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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Mittoo, Jackie	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Rollins, Priscilla*	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Kwizera, Ezra	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Gayle, Otis	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Mittoo, Jackie	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Sibbles, Leroy	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Wallace, Enid	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Brown, Leroy	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Weekes, Tyrone	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Smith, Ernie*	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Brown, Leroy	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Kwizera, Ezra	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Sibbles, Leroy	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Mittoo, Jackie	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Brown, Leroy	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Conyers, Lorenzo	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Osbourne, Johnny	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Chambers, Desmond	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Jackson, R. Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Lee, Ras	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Gibbon, Leroy	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Harvey, Carl	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Bennett, Jo Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Mittoo, Jackie	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Jackson, R. Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Sibbles, Leroy	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Brown, Leroy	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Brown, Leroy	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Brown, Leroy	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Ricketts, Glen	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Sibbles, Leroy	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Johnson, Penny	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Brown, Leroy	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Lovejoy, Sid	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
King, Norma	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Martin, Stan	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Ricketts, Glen	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Ricketts, Glen	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Sibbles, Leroy	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Smart, Howie	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Sibbles, Leroy	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Mittoo, Jackie	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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