Elegantly clad in an immaculate white gown and matching cap, Yoro Diao, 95, is wreathed in smiles after officiating at the baptism of his brand-new great-grandson. One of a dwindling band of Senegalese soldiers who fought in France's colonial-era wars, Diao is delighted to be back home and among his extended family after years spent in bureaucratic limbo in France. "When you go home, when you have your children around you, your grandchildren, what else do people need?", he says, beaming. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES