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
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11

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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