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
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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