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
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42

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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