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
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
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	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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