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
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Shams	Néy Néy Maria	Ayoban	06:38
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Shams	Ciao Ciao (Laychee Aman)	Ayoban	06:25
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50

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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