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
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39

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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