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
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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