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
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04

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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