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
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29

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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