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An Ode to Ads
Today, as we were driving home from VOH, we parked in front of Dynasty Grocery Store, so that my mom could go to G&G Bakery and buy bread. As we were waiting in the car, I noticed an amazing hand-painted, yet professional ad (as they all are) on the side of Dynasty’s brick exterior. It was for new herbal Colgate toothpaste – which in itself is amazing.
This leads me to the rest of the ads in Zambia. Everywhere you look there is an ad. They are colorfully painted on the side of grey brick (though often whitewashed) walls, up on billboards (or there is a billboard that says ‘Advertising Space call cell…’ sometimes more than one in the same round-about).
All of the advertisements are done in the same way: painted nicely, and professionally, but you can still tell that they are hand painted. The only ads that I’ve seen that look like they were designed on a computer are the Celtel (a cell phone company) ones. They are on the big billboards along the roads, and usually red or yellow. The weirdest part about the painted ads is that a lot of times they are for products you can get in Canada. I am so used to seeing computer graphics, that when I see those ones its as if they are for a ‘design your own advertisement’ activity for school.
One company that gets a highlight is Harvey Tile. Their advertisements always include 'vice versa.' Two I've seen are: 'A roof without Harvey Tile is like a mouse without a computer, or vice versa.' And, 'A roof without Harvey Tile is like a person without a saviour, or vice versa.'
The commercials on TV are rather confusing as well. I usually only watch the uninterrupted movie channel, so I don’t see many commercials. The ones I do see leave me wondering what the product being sold is – and my guess is usually wrong.
The main difference between advertisements here and those in Canada are that there are so many here! You are bombarded with them everywhere you look. Since everyone has a wall, the ads go side-by-side, jam packed together. It does add color to the otherwise dreary walls, but can be a little overwhelming.
This leads me to the rest of the ads in Zambia. Everywhere you look there is an ad. They are colorfully painted on the side of grey brick (though often whitewashed) walls, up on billboards (or there is a billboard that says ‘Advertising Space call cell…’ sometimes more than one in the same round-about).
All of the advertisements are done in the same way: painted nicely, and professionally, but you can still tell that they are hand painted. The only ads that I’ve seen that look like they were designed on a computer are the Celtel (a cell phone company) ones. They are on the big billboards along the roads, and usually red or yellow. The weirdest part about the painted ads is that a lot of times they are for products you can get in Canada. I am so used to seeing computer graphics, that when I see those ones its as if they are for a ‘design your own advertisement’ activity for school.
One company that gets a highlight is Harvey Tile. Their advertisements always include 'vice versa.' Two I've seen are: 'A roof without Harvey Tile is like a mouse without a computer, or vice versa.' And, 'A roof without Harvey Tile is like a person without a saviour, or vice versa.'
The commercials on TV are rather confusing as well. I usually only watch the uninterrupted movie channel, so I don’t see many commercials. The ones I do see leave me wondering what the product being sold is – and my guess is usually wrong.
The main difference between advertisements here and those in Canada are that there are so many here! You are bombarded with them everywhere you look. Since everyone has a wall, the ads go side-by-side, jam packed together. It does add color to the otherwise dreary walls, but can be a little overwhelming.
# posted by alanna @ 10:54 PM 
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today on a whim i randomly applied to work at a summer camp for rich kids in pennsylvania. yes?
# posted by 
: 3:22 AM
: 3:22 AM 
have you taken your tml today siblings? george the orangutang makes his presence noted on a daily occasion. a roof without harvey tile is like burning in hell without a saviour or vice versa. hahahahahahahahahah funniest thing ive ever seen. geez. have you seen the fish commerical yet. with the two fish that swim around and then its over? ha it has absolutely NO point. the best sugar cane is found near chimemwe...keep going along the road through race course. only 800 for a thick nice tasting full size stick if i recall correctly. HA.
# posted by : 12:28 AM
: 12:28 AM
i think the scariest Harvey Tile ad I've seen is "Sex with a baby can't cure AIDS, the same as a roof without harveytile can't clear your mind." Yup...odd. My favorite comercials are the ones for random South African singers when the entire commerical is in Afrikaans and the guys look like dorks.
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