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
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Shams	Orti Tuyatchbah	Ayoban	04:01
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
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
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14

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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