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
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Shams	Néy Néy Maria	Ayoban	06:38
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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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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