Jamaican boys reading their books

Jamaicans use Animation as an effective way of teaching young Jamaicans life skills and art that are often not taught in schools. While this representation is a milestone, many Jamaican animators’ quest for representation that goes beyond just having characters who look like them. Animation has also become a tool for preserving endangered Jamaican dialect. Through entertainment, these creators are hoping to use animation as a vehicle for Jamaican mythologies, philosophies, rich traditions and cultural expressions.