Archival Significance
A civic tourism guide to Salisbury (now Harare) produced by the city’s own publicity association, capturing how the Rhodesian capital presented itself to visitors in the early 1960s, shortly before the country’s political trajectory diverged sharply from the rest of the collapsing Central African Federation.
Institutional Context
Published by the Salisbury and District Publicity Association, printed by Art Printing Works Ltd, Salisbury. No individual author is credited.
Content Summary
Provides a visitor’s guide to Salisbury as the capital of Rhodesia in 1963.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of urban and tourism history, and for tracing how Salisbury presented its civic identity in the final years before UDI.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house. No individual author is credited; the Author field records the issuing association, consistent with the Archive’s convention for uncredited institutional publications.