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
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Syren	The One	The One	05:44

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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