As a Mast of Fraternity and Memory is unveiled in Nantes, calls are growing for Macron to announce framework for discussions As a Mast of Fraternity and Memory is unveiled in Nantes, calls are growing for Macron to announce framework for discussions I n the French port city of Nantes, once France ’s largest departure point for ships that trafficked enslaved Africans across the Atlantic, a new wooden mast rises 18 metres into the sky from the waterside. The Mast of Fraternity and Memory ,