East Africa Resource and Study Center
3809 Pearl Street. Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215.382.3191 Hrs: 10-5 p.m.
http://www.eastafricacenter.org

Activities:

November 2004: 2 Film screenings: Talk Mogadishu and A Great Wonder - $8/person.

• Two Sundays: Performances by East African Diaspora in Philadelphia - $5/person.
  Description: Poetry, story-telling, traditional dance, henna painting, tea ceremonies by Philadelphia's Somali, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Sudanese & Kenyan community member.
  
• Two Sundays: Traditional African Sculpture “The African Context of Our Lives” Lecture - $5/person Description: Collector/curator Herman Bigham will discuss the social/cultural language of traditional African sculpture.
  
• Permanent Exhibition: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary People - $5/person.
  Description: Over 250 material culture items from 8 Nomadic and Pastoralist tribes of East Africa: body adornment, tools and weaponry, food/milk containers, furniture and a complete Somali hut.
  
• Oct '04 – Jan '05: 90 min presentation on Nomadic & Pastoralist life in East Africa - $5/person.
  Description: Lecture, slides, hands-on examination of artifacts, maps, description of
  4-year material cultural collection project with Northern Kenyan tribes.
  
• Oct '04 – Jan '05: Exhibition of Sudanese Contemporary Art - $5/person.
  Description: Works from courageous, emerging artists from the Sudan during the 1990's. Some, such as Sane Wadu, have become widely acclaimed throughout the art world.

ODUNDE Inc.
2308 Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19146 Tel: 215.732.8508

Activity: ODUNDE Marketplace: Weekend of October 2nd and 3rd from 10-5 p.m.

International House of Philadelphia
3701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-3104
Tel: 215. 895.6525
http://www.ihousephilly.org

Activity: African Film Festival

African American Museum of Philadelphia
701 Arch Street. Philadelphia, PA 19106-1504
Tel: 215.574.0380 Hrs: Tuesday-Saturday: 10-5 p.m. Sunday: Noon-5 p.m.
http://www.aampmuseum.org


Activities:

• September 30: The Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo exhibition
  Opening Reception: Friday, October 8, 2004. 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• AAMP has connections with African artists as well as African American artists

Independence Seaport Museum
211 S. Columbus Blvd. & Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel : 215.925.5439 Hrs: Open daily: 10-5 p.m.
http://www.phillyseaport.org

Activities:

• Oct 20-22, 2004: African Mariner Days – School Programs
• Oct 23, 2004: African Mariner Day – Community Programs

The Barnes Foundation
300 North Latch's Lane. Merion PA 19066
Hours: Friday-Sunday 9:30 a.m. (Sept-June); Wednesday-Friday (July & August)
by appointment.
Tel: 610.667.0290
http:// www.barnesfoundation.org

Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1213
Tel: 215.925.9914 Gallery Hrs: Tuesday-Saturday: 12-6 p.m.
http://www.paintedbride.org

Activities:

• Abdullah Ibrahim Septet, Saturday, Nov. 6: 7pm & 9pm. Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) has long been South Africa's most celebrated jazz pianist. A deeply religious and masterful spokesman, Ibrahim's jazz draws from traditional African songs and spiritual music. At the Bride, Ibrahim tranforms his trio into Ekaye, a septet with a brass section, to play South African musical themes using Western jazz instrumentation.
  For tickets call 215.925.9914.

• Gallery exhibition: Body Maps, Friday, Nov. 5 - Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005. Women from South Africa, who are HIV+, have created beautiful full-size renderings of how they imagine the disease is affecting their bodies. These thirteen remarkable women step out of the shadows to tell their personal stories, in words, paintings and photographs, with frankness and humor. Woven between these tales is the tireless struggle of the healthcare workers and campaigners, in particular Médecins Sans Frontières and the Treatment Action Campaign, whose battle against apathy of government and the pharmaceutical industry is as moving as the tales themselves.
  Admission is free.

African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
3624 Market St. Suite 1FD Philadelphia, PA 19104-2615
Tel: 215.898.6971
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html

Activity: November 5 - December 12, 2004: DEATH AND THE KING'S HORSEMAN, A Philadelphia Premiere of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner
By Wole Soyinka, Directed by William Roudebush
Location: Lantern Theatre Company, St. Stephen's Theater. 10th & Ludlow Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19105

Art Sanctuary
Church of the Advocate, 1801 West Diamond Street. Philadelphia, PA 19121
Tel: 215.232.4485
http://www.artsanctuary.org

Activity: Sunday, Dec. 12 at 10:30. Students from Art Sanctuary celebrate Ghanaian traditions and a Museum community outreach program. Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

African Galleries in the Philadelphia Area

• I Brewster & Co.,
  1628 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215.731.9200
  
• Art Showcase Gallery
  6521 North Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tel: 215.988.0441
  
• Turak Gallery
  132 S. 17 th St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215.665.1360
  
• Mangel Benjamin Gallery
  1714 Rittenhouse Sq. Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215.545.4343
  
• Sabu Inc.
  70 Winchester Way. Somerset, NJ 08873 Tel: 732.873.8556
  
• Indigo
  151 North 3rd St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel: 215.482.1001
  
• Africa on Main Art Gallery
  4460 Main St. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tel: 215.833.9238
  
• Tribal Home
  56 N. 3rd St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel: 215.592.4215
  
  Join us for bana, a celebration in Africa: Tribal Home will celebrate the wonderment of Africa through a series of events to be held at the gallery on Wednesday evenings,  6pm-8pm, and Sunday afternoons, 4pm - 6pm. Join us for gallery talks, textile trunk  shows,  an art book sale, artisans exhibit, lectures and more.   

Colleges and Universities with African Collections in the Philadelphia area

• Bryn Mawr College Collections
  132 and 301 Thomas Hall, 101 North Merion Road. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
  Tel: 610.526.5022
  http://www.brynmawr.edu/collections/
  
• Philadelphia University, Paley Design Center
  School House Lane & Henry Ave. Philadelphia PA 19144-5497
  Tel: 215.951.2869
  http://www.philau.edu/designcenter/
  
• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
  3260 South Street. Philadelphia, PA 19104
  Tel: 215.898.4000 Hrs: Tues-Sat: 10-4:30 p.m. Sunday: 1-5 p.m.
  Closed summer Sundays, Memorial Day-Labor Day.
  http://www.upenn.edu/museum
  
• University of Delaware Art Gallery
  114 Old College Road. Newark, DE 19716
  Tel: 302.831.6589 Hrs: Tuesday-Friday 11-5 p.m. Saturday- Sunday: 1-5 p.m
  
• LaSalle University Art Museum
  1900 West Olney Ave. Philadelphia PA, 19141
  Tel: 215.951.1221
  Hrs: By appointment, Tuesday-Friday 11am-4pm; Sunday 2-4 p.m.
  http://www.lasalle.edu/services/art-mus/info.htm
  
• Saint Joseph's University Art Collection
  5600 City Ave. Philadelphia PA, 19131
  Tel: 610.660.3400
  Hrs: No regular public hours. Appointments may be made by contacting the registrar.
  http://www.sju.edu
  
• Lincoln University, Department of Art
  1570 Old Baltimore Pike. P.O. Box 179 Lincoln University PA 19352
  Tel: 610.932.8300
  Hrs: No regular public hours
  http://www.lincoln.edu/
  
• Widener University Art Collection and Gallery
  One University Place. Chester PA 19013
  Tel: 610.499.4425
  Hrs: Tues. 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Wed.- Sat. 10:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
  http://www.widener.edu
  
• Drexel University
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  No regular public hours: The University does not posses a museum at this time to display its collection.
  Tel: 215.895.1749
  
• Lehigh University, Zoellner Arts Center
  420 E. Packer Ave. Bethlehem, PA 18015
  Tel: 610.758.3619
  Hrs: Wednesday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  
• Dickinson College, The Trout Gallery
  Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts, High Street. Carlisle, PA 17013
  Tel: 717.245.1711
  Hrs: Tuesday-Saturday 10-4 p.m. Summer hrs: Wednesdays 10-4 p.m.
  http://www.dickinson.edu/trout/
  
• Princeton University Art Museum
  Princeton, NJ 08544-1018
  Tel: 609.258.1713
  Hrs: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5 p.m. Sunday: 1-5 p.m.
  http://www.princetonartmuseum.org/
  
• Villanova University
  Villanova University Art Gallery
  800 Lancaster Ave. Villanova PA 19085
  Tel: 610.519.4612
  http://www.artgallery.villanova.edu/aboutthegallery.html#collection