Tire covers are works of art in Tanzania. Companies use them to advertise, handing them out to drivers to wear on their back ends and spread the word. Many motorists in turn have them painted over with messages and designs that have personal meaning. These images are a from a handful that I photographed around Dar. Scrolling through you'll see commemorative events, classic tinga tinga paintings, homage to favorite writers and singers, the usual round of NGO messages, and one very proud mzungu couple's honeymoon advert. All in all, they are a nice snap-shot of the local culture, albeit the culture of the small part of Tanzanian society that drives. My personal favorite is for the Dar es Salaam Annual Charity Goat Races and the Swahili Langugae School. In the latter, you can see a mzungu studying Swahili on the steps. That anti-littering cover is a goody, especially considering that there are no trash bins in Dar.
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