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 Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28

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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