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French President Emmanuel Macron is in Africa today, co-hosting a summit of some 30 African heads of state in Nairobi, Kenya. France used to organize events like this in its former French-speaking colonies in West Africa. But as the country courts new alliances on the continent, some see hints of France’s colonial past on display. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.