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During Heinrich Barth’s expedition from 1850 to 1855 Agadez was an important staging post for the German Africa explorer, who set out from here to explore Lake Chad. Before setting off he stayed for a time at the house of his guide. The latter’s descendants still live there and keep alive the memory of Heinrich Barth. There are also a number of objects from among Barth’s
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possessions, including the trunks that contained everything he needed and collected on his way through the Libyan desert. Although the owners of the house looked after these objects carefully and a few years ago transformed some of the rooms into a museum with the generous help of the German Embassy, the traditional clay building urgently requires renovation.
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