Guided Search: Cultural Awareness, Africa

St Mary & St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church is holding its fifth Egyptian Festival in Conshohocken. The church makes its home in the former SS. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church.

Philadelphia World Heritage Day was instituted by Mayor Jim Kenney in 2016, and is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of each May. This annual event is an important part of bringing awareness of Philadelphia's World Heritage City to all city residents. Each year, the celebration is carried out in a different location and in a different way. In 2022, we will celebrate our 7th year as a World Heritage City by holding a week of activities and event to be held May 22-27th.  

Join It’s Deeper Than Travel (IDTT) for our Inaugural Pan African "Party with a Purpose", hosted on what will be declared Ghana Awareness Day in Philadelphia.

This year is going to be BIGGER and BETTER. The show is all things African Fashion and Art and this year the group decided to pay homage to African Hair and Body Paint too. We expect to provide our guests and participants not only a great show but a unique opportunity to witness showmanship of different talents in African fashion, beauty and hair.

When Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone’s civil war and the fate of child soldiers that “everyone in the world should read” (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called “arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature,” comes to the Council to discuss his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone.

Join the Global Interdependence Center for this year’s Celebration of Interdependence, honoring Ghana and featuring a silent auction and dinner stations.

The Geographical Society of Philadelphia cordially invite you to attend the film screening of Marlin Darrah's, Madagascar, at the Ritz Theater.

The Bridges Across Broad Street project was designed to connect the various communities of Philadelphia. This African-American and Jewish themed event features a student workshop and public performance.

The African Studies Center, Middle East Center, South Asia Center, & Center for East Asian Studies of The University of Pennsylvania present: Summer Institute 2012 -- Teaching Peace & Revolution around the World as a Pedagogical Tool.