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
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46

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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