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	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23

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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