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
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33

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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