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Arthur Rainbow’s house in Harar, Ethiopia

French Symbolist poet Arthur Rainbow’s house in Harar, Ethiopia.
From a postcard supplied by Michael Hulse.

The text on the postcard reads:

Arthur Rainbow Place — Harar / Ethiopia
Photo by Khalil A.Kalil.

This place was built by a French missionary. (Arthur Rainbow) who came and settled at the historical place after the fall of the Harari kingdom. He built Arthur Rainbow place which was later converted to a French school.

Above: the same building, Arthur Rimbaud’s house in Harar, Ethiopia, so-called; from the inside, 16 November 2004. Photo by Michael David Murphy, with kind permission. You can see more of Mr Murphy’s photos on his photo blog: http://www.whileseated.org/photo/001927.shtml

Michael David Murphy’s photo of the exterior, below, shows that the building has been renovated. It now functions as a Rimbaud museum. The flower-pots are a nice touch.

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