Though they recognised that South Africa had a relatively sophisticated fast-food industry of its own, with many brands of beef-and chicken-burgers, the idea that such a famous global brand might not be well-known on the southern tip of Africa seemed preposterous.

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In lieu of a printed location, the item might include national colors or depictions of a famous icon or be made of well-known items endemic to that locale.

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There is Ben Affleck the famous actor and director, and there is less-well-known side of the man: a thoughtful, committed advocate for change in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a war-torn, long-misruled nation that many have written off as a basket case.

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His likeness, thanks to Holbein's famous portraits in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and elsewhere, is so well known that it almost qualifies as a brand.

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