1 August 2025

Emancipation Day celebrated in many Caribbean countries and Canada to mark the abolition of enslavement in the British Empire.

Black My Story (Not History) – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
African – Peter Tosh
Justice – Sevana
For the People By the People – Dezarie
Is It Because I’m Black – Syl Johnson
Hello Mama Africa – Garnett Silk
Slave Queen – I Threes
‘Til I’m Laid to Rest – Buju Banton
Slavery Days – Burning Spear
Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Too Long In Slavery – Culture
Ain’t Gonna See Us Fall – Sizzla
That Day Will Come – Capleton
What Ah Day – Tanya Stephens
Free Up – Tarrus Riley & Zagga
Steppin’ Out of Babylon – Marcia Griffiths
Freedom Train – Toots & The Maytals
Black Woman – Judy Mowatt
Train to Zion – Linval Thompson, feat. Sizzla & Bounty Killer
Unchained – Bob Andy
Equal Rights – The Heptones
Born Free – Queen Ifrica
Rivers of Babylon – Sublime
African Message – U-Roy
African Unity – Majek Fashek