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
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23

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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