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
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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