Amakhekhe Kakahismuzi

Every year, most families in the Zulu communities come home with a box of bakers choice assorted, or Christmas Cakes (Amakhekhe Kakahimuzi) as this community calls it. These biscuits are shared amongst the families and friends while stories are told by the elders specifically during the week of Christmas. We created a campaign that celebrated this tradition through creating a Baker’s community through the stories and biscuits.

Amakhekhe Kakahismuzi

Every year, most families in the Zulu communities come home with a box of bakers choice assorted, or Christmas Cakes (Amakhekhe Kakahimuzi) as this community calls it. These biscuits are shared amongst the families and friends while stories are told by the elders specifically during the week of Christmas. We created a campaign that celebrated this tradition through creating a Baker’s community through the stories and biscuits.

Design Field

Design Field

  • Integrated Campaign Creation

Brand/Personal Project

Brand/Personal Project

  • Baker's Biscuits

  • Vega School Durban


Team

  • Caitlyn Grunewald

  • Crimson Langeveldt

  • Luleka Lunga Nothando Mtshali

  • Sizwe Nkosi

  • Nonjabuliso Manzini


Challenge

For this brief, we were challenged to come up with a campaign for a specific target audience in any language, besides English. This was a collaborative project which included 3 graphic designers and 2 digital designers. We were instructed to use a specific brand, tap into a unique target audience and create something special just for them. 

Results

We created a campaign that celebrated the Zulu tradition of bringing home a box of Baker’s Choice Assorted for the Christmas holidays. One integral part of this tradition that stood out to us was the rich traditional stories that were told whilst enjoying these biscuits. Through research we discovered that the tradition of passing down stories is falling away slowly but surely as more youth would rather spend time on their phones than listening to their elders pass on stories. To bring the stories back to life, we created a campaign that was aimed at Zulu communities sharing their stories for a chance to be entered into a Baker’s Stories Book the following year. The biscuit box was remixed to include a sleeve on the outside, acknowledging the name that this community calls them, “Amakhekhe Kakahimuzi” with traditional patterns and symbols. The campaign was called “Izindaba Enzinoju” or “The stories that keep on giving” speaking to the tradition of passing stories from generation to generation. The campaign included radio adverts promoting the competition, pancaking sleeve, story book, and gamification where the inside of the box was turned into the board of a popular board game played during the Zulu Christmas time, “umlabalaba” as well as social media on the Baker’s Biscuit Page. 

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Let's make your projects

come to life!

Cait © 2023.

caitlyngru@gmail.com