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
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Shams	Néy Néy Maria	Ayoban	06:38
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39

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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