Why Nairobi? A lot of ink has already been spilled to explain the choice of Kenya to host the upcoming Africa France summit, the first gathering of heads of state from the continent Emmanuel Macron is convening since his election in 2017. But a broader, more geopolitical explanation has largely been overlooked. The origin of mzungu, the word in Kiswahili to designate Westerners, is quite an odd one: it refers to the person roaming and circling around. Over the last decade, France and its preside