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
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48

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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