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
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04

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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