![TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these. TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these.](https://external-preview.redd.it/Z63oMbDpO5YOv_kEoc9RlCU7hcIeSOVhY7OKG6Mc6Vc.jpg?auto=webp&s=8d292373f98ce2fe5a133e1ed43a506374658c49)
TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these.
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Nike Kenya Red advertisement (1974) : Nike Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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