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"Another Southern Africa is Possible" 9th - 11th November 2003, Lusaka, Zambia |
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The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) is a continuation of the Africa Social Forum (ASF) that takes place annually, since Bamako (2002), as a prelude to the World Social Forum (WSF) that was initiated in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 201. The latter is an annual event that is deliberately organized to coincide with the World Economic Forum (Davos). The timing is meant to signify civil society opposition voices to the high level one-sided deliberations between the world leaders and international financial institutions. Following the Bamako Forum and the Addis Ababa Forum, a process of consultations have taken place around Africa to find a way of effectively exposing the current social, political and economic injustices for better government and state action. A forum creates a platform for various interest groups of civil society to discuss issues together pertaining to social, political and economic justice. In addition, a forum increases solidarity in the sub-region and Africa as a whole before going to the global forum, in this case, in preparation for the next World Social Forum to be held in (January 2004), Mumbai, India. |
 Sara Longwe SASF Coordinating Committee
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