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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Hewitt, Winston	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Mittoo, Jackie	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Gayle, Otis	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Sibbles, Leroy	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Mittoo, Jackie	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Jackson, R. Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Ali, Naya	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Jackson, R. Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jackson, R. Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Lewis, Hopeton*	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67	01:36
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Mittoo, Jackie	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Weekes, Tyrone	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Rollins, Priscilla*	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Sandy, Peter	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Mittoo, Jackie	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
El Kady, Pellegrin	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Jackson, R. Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Burgess, Ivan	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Gibbon, Leroy	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Brown, Leroy	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Sibbles, Leroy	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Rollins, Priscilla*	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Ali, Naya	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Allen, Lillian	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Earth, Roots And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Brown, Leroy	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Cates, Demo	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Harvey, Carl	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Allen, Lillian	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Weekes, Tyrone	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Banton, George	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Smith, Ernie*	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Brown, Leroy	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Banton, George	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Smart, Howie	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Brown, Leroy	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Sibbles, Leroy	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Conyers, Lorenzo	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67	03:40

Reggae, Caribbean and African

FEATURED

Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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