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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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