Civil society in Africa

This title examines the efforts of one particular civil society organisation, the human rights ministry of a Catholic parish located in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, to determine the extent to which it was able to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law. It concludes from an analysis of the social, economic and political environment of Kibera as well as church structures, that parishioners demonstrated an observable improvement in their democratic values and behaviour at a localised level, but they did not increase their involvement in advocacy and lobbying efforts.