About PAPA

What is PAPA?

In addition to being an acronym for Penn African Performing Arts, the word papa means good, or is used to describe something of good quality, in the Akan languages in Ghana.

What does PAPA do?

PAPA is aimed at increasing awareness of African culture through performing arts and serves as an enlightening experience for both the members in the group and the group’s audience.

What kind of performances does PAPA do?

We like to include a mix of material, drawing from both traditional and modern oeuvres, drawn from all across Africa. The Repertoire page goes into more detail about our performance direction.

When will you be performing next?

We make small performances fairly regularly, as well as an larger production.

To receive times and venues, email us at

PAPA dot Penn at Gmail dot Com

and we will keep you up-to-date about performance dates and times via our listserv.