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
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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