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Poet, trader, explorer: following Rimbaud's footsteps in Ethiopia

The Rimbaud Museum is housed in a traditional townhouse in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. © Sailko - CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

In the heart of Ethiopia's ancient walled city of Harar, more than 500 kilometres east of Addis Ababa, stands a museum dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud. It offers visitors the chance to discover a little-known period in the brief life of the French poet, who spent most of his final 10 years in East Africa.

Leaving the hustle and bustle of a street lined with tailors' shops and turning down a narrow alleyway, visitors arrive at one of the traditional wooden townhouses for which Harar is famous.

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