“Follow me for refreshment” #1, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009

"Follow me for refreshment" #1, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009

Two children play next to the Coca-Cola truck, parked in the street market of Harar.

"Follow me for refreshment" #2, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009

The coca-cola truck drives off in a cloud of its own exhaust.
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Incongruous Coca-Cola advertising in Harar, a elsewhere in Ethiopia, is an ommnipresent aspect of the landscape. To see such a colorful and professional vehicle, among plain and run-down cars and trucks on the dusty walled streets of Harar, is quite strange.

All this week: Coca-Cola ads in Harar.