AFJN was well represented in Nairobi in January at the World Social Forum. Many of our members attended the WSF, held for the first time on African soil. The excitement of the event is so contagious that we want to share it with as many people as possible. As different members report in we will add their witnessing stories to this one.

The first batch of witnesses came from the Missionaries of Africa who had nearly twenty confreres participating. Many more can be found on the Missionaries of Africa website as well. Just before the WSF, the Second World Forum of Theology and Liberation was held at the Carmelite Center in Nairobi. Wilbert Gobbo, M.Afr. shares with us below his experience there as well as his personal critique of the World Social Forum. We've recently added Comboni Sr. Giovanna Sguazza's reflections on the experience, a report from Board member, John Kleiderer on the Jesuits' experience in Nairobi as well as a link to the reflections of Missionary of Africa, Sean O'Leary, who asks the question, "is another World Social Forum Possible?"