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
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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