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
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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