Harare small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the British prime minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, the capital of the Central African Federation. It retained the name Salisbury until 1982, when it was renamed Harare on the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. Harare is Zimbabwe's leading political, financial, commercial, and communications centre, as well as a trade centre for tobacco, maize, cotton, and
First Floor Gallery Harare Mbare to The Basement Nightclub, National Gallery of Zimbabwe Mutare and the Chimanimani Festival to host events, educational screenings and exhibitions. It is also embarking on a range of international projects. First Floor Gallery Harare has four activity streams, which can qualify as departments: Exhibitions, Education, Events and Artist Residency. All these streams operate and are administered synergistically as part of the gallery’s annual programming. First Floor Gallery Harare First Floor Gallery Harare is Zimbabwe’s first contemporary emerging artist run gallery. The gallery is dedicated to supporting the professional and career development of the new generation of contemporary Zimbabwean artists