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
Shams	Ayoban	Ayoban	05:06
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52

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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