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
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Shams	Min Mat Karena	Ayoban	04:53
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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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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