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
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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