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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Earth, Roots And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Hart, Winston	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Thiaw, David	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Osborne, Johnny & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Earth, Roots And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Cates, Demo	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Osbourne, Johnny	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Lovejoy, Sid	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Ricketts, Glen	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Lindsay, Balford	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Hart, Winston	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Allen, Lillian	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Smart, Howie	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Sibbles, Leroy	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Ricketts, Glen	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Ricketts, Glen	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Earth, Roots And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67	05:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Heptone, Leroy	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Chambers, Desmond	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Hart, Winston	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Brown, Leroy	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Mittoo, Jackie	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Brown, Leroy	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Ali, Naya	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Jackson, R. Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Osbourne, Johnny	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Mittoo, Jackie	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Lindsay, Balford	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Brown, Leroy	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Rollins, Priscilla*	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Sibbles, Leroy	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Rollins, Priscilla*	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Gayle, Otis	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Mittoo, Jackie	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Lindsay, Balford	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Chambers, Desmond	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Brown, Leroy	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Smith, Ernie*	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Mittoo, Jackie	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Martin, Stan	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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