Africa International House

CTL-E-0387 · Organization · other · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

Chicago-based African cultural organization; runs the African Festival of the Arts in Washington Park.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-071; source research type(s): Organization. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Congressional Record Vol. 168; African Festival of the Arts returns to Washington Park (primary source)

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