Harare 2080 - Afro Imaginary Portrait

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Two identical digital images with the title "Harare 2080 - Afro Imaginary Portrait" depicting a futuristic cityscape of Harare, Zimbabwe. One of the images is a Photoshop Document file (.psd) (2021.111.1), while the other (2021.111.2) is a derivative TIFF (.tif). In the images’ bottom left corner, a woman and two other individuals can be seen harvesting green plants. The woman wears a brown striped shirt, brown head wrap and carries a wicker basket on her back. Behind her, purple Jacaranda flowers can be seen in the distance. In the background, numerous buildings from the Harare skyline can be seen, three of which tower above the surrounding cityscape and distant vegetation. One of these buildings, the New Reserve Bank Tower, can be seen in the images’ center. Situated to the bank's immediate left, the Karigamombe Centre can be observed, identifiable by the distinctive white spire located at the top of the building.

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