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
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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