MZUNGU.TEES
I recently returned from the Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where Swahili is widely spoken. I soon discovered that the word for "white man" in the native tongue (and many other African dialects) is "MZUNGU" ... shortly after this realization I decided the term needed to come back to good old North America with me ... but how? This is what I came up with...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
My God Barbra
With the season now in full swing and a fresh GoPro at our disposal we've been hitting the slopes hard. Two edits under the belt and many more to follow ... check out the Mzungu Tees vimeo account!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
SNUGGLING SAVES LIVES
A quick shout-out to G-DUB-STEP ... the combination of SNUGGLING and LEG KICKS
THE SNUGGLER
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/adff47c5b3/the-snuggler
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The GOOD ... The BAD ... and The LEVEL 1 PREMIER
Update on the highly anticipated EYE TRIP from LEVEL 1 PRODUCTIONS ... due to a major scheduling conflict the EYE TRIP premier has been bumped back 1 week. It's now in the calendar on the 29th of October rather than the advertised 22nd. We apologize to those who won't be able to make it because of the change ... however ... to those of you who couldn't make the first date ... check those calendars ... maybe you can make this one!
MZUNGU TEES will still be on display at the premier ... this is your chance to get your hands on the FRESHEST GREASE this fall. Also ... GYPSY TYE DYE has agreed to slap some dye on a few tees for us ... they'll go fast so come early and grab something!
GREASE-ON
MZUNGU TEES will still be on display at the premier ... this is your chance to get your hands on the FRESHEST GREASE this fall. Also ... GYPSY TYE DYE has agreed to slap some dye on a few tees for us ... they'll go fast so come early and grab something!
GREASE-ON
Monday, October 4, 2010
EYE TRIP
MZUNGU TEES is partnering up with TRU's Alpha Omega to bring Level 1's Eye Trip to Kamloops. It's going to be a big one kids ... with 2 new tees airing on the same day and a grease-load of brand new stickers ready for tagging you're definitely going to want to mark this one on the calendar.
Tickets are being sold on TRU campus starting October 12th for $10 ... that only gives you 10 days before the big event (October 22nd) so fire it up and we hope to see you out there!
Monday, September 27, 2010
The Birth of a MZUNGU
In September of last year I decided to take some time away from Canada and go somewhere I had never been before ... why not Africa?
Travelling by myself, I headed for Sou
th Africa with the plan of volunteer
ing with an organization called Hands at
Work. After a 2 month orientation period they sent me off to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to live and work with an amazing man named Erick Rukang ... Erick became my guide and good friend. We worked side by side for 5 months in some of the poorest communities that region had to offer. It was ... without a doubt ... a life changing experience. I met lots of incredible people that I now can call friends and family.
The languages spoken in the Katanga province that I lived were for the most part French and Swahili. I picked up little more than greetings ... pathetic I know but I had Erick t
o translate for me. Anyway ... I soon realized that I was referred to as "MZUNGU" in most s
ettings. After hearing it so often followed by laughter from the people I was w
orking with I had to ask. Erick told me that it is a word used for "white person". I thought it was hilarious and immediately
started thinking of how I could bring it back here to Canada.
I had photoshop on my computer at the time and started to
incorporate MZUNGU into photos I would play with when I was
bored ... soon the idea of t-shirts was born.
Only 1 design has been printed since I've been bac
k but more are on their way. Check out the Facebook page for regular updates on r
eleases and events.
Fire it UP
Willis
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