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When Saffron Jackson went to buy her daughter a doll, she was frustrated at the dearth of options for black girls. So Jackson, a 38-year-old Jamaican teacher who resides in the United Kingdom, decided to make her own: Toya, the first Jamaican Patois-speaking doll on the market and the first of Jackson's Zuree Doll line.
Currently, Toya is the only Zuree Dolls product available, but Jackson plans to introduce more dolls, which can be viewed on the Zuree Dolls website. She is also working on a clothing line for the dolls, and a Zuree Girls book series, the first installment of which is already available.
The Jamaica-born teacher, who is living in the United Kingdom, told THE STAR that plans are afoot to launch a Nigerian speaking doll featuring the voice of Nigerian child sensation Emanuella, who recently concluded the Laugh Out Loud comedy tour in Jamaica.
Like all Zuree products, the Nigerian dolls will be available online at www.zuree.co.uk. It will also be in some small retail outlets across the UK, Canada, and America. Jackson is also trying to get the Nigerian dolls on the shelves in Jamaica and Nigeria.
Jackson said her dream is to see her doll line rivalling big names such as Disney, so that children from all ethnicities can have strong representations of themselves and feel beautiful. That dream is starting to take shape.
Jackson, who started selling the Zuree Doll line online the week of Nov. 30, revealed she has surpassed her goal of 400 sales during the holiday season and customers are still clamoring for the dolls, which are available in a variety of skin tones and hair textures. She even had an order of 50 placed from Miami.
Hi, my name is Tafari. I know many of you know my twin sister Toya, who is the FIRST talking Jamaican Patois doll. I am also from Jamaica but Toya migrated before me and the FIRST motivational male doll. I lived in Jamaica with my grand-parents. Now, I am joining my sister Toya in England to live with my parents.
After noticing the lack of diversity on the shelves and struggling to find any black dolls on the market, the secondary school teacher, who moved to London from Jamaica 15 years ago, decided to make her own. Toya has dark hair, eyes and Afro hair and recites five phrases in Jamaican patois which Saffron hopes will teach children about their heritage.
The dolls have been on sale since November and already Saffron has sold over 400, taking orders from the UK, US , Australia, Estonia, Holland and Germany. Saffron believes there is a huge demand for Jamaican culture at the moment and is expecting the doll to be popular among a wide variety of ethnicities.
When first began searching for diverse toys and books online, I discovered the Black Baby Show. In 2015, I attended the show which led to my discovery of Just Like Me Toys. What I love about this brand is that not only does it stock black dolls, they also have Chinese dolls, boy dolls, along with doll accessories. Some of the baby dolls are anatomically correct which is awesome for imaginative play.
In the same year, the Zuree Doll was featured on the news. Naturally, as a Caribbean island girl, I was excited hear this Jamaican Patois speaking doll. Zuree Doll now stocks non-speaking dolls, a Rasta Talking Jamaican Bear along with their original Patois speaking doll.
Toya, the first Patois-speaking doll, is making an international stir thanks to the inspiration of one Jamaican-born, U.K. immigrant, who while on maternity leave realized there was a severe lack of Black dolls.
Almost immediately after it hit markets in November, the doll became a global hit with orders coming in from Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, the United States, Japan and, of course, Jamaica.
The creator stated she had always wanted her daughter to have a doll that looked like her, and she hopes her Zuree Limited dolls will support a healthy self-image and empower little girls to be proud of their dark and beautiful features.
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