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
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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