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
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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