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
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52

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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