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
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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