African Festivals
Effective 1998, the African Association of Arizona (AFASA) has organized African Festivals annually in Phoenix, except in 2005 when the Executive decided to devote the year to revamping the association by comprehensively amending the constitution, and in 2011, when the Executive decided to devote the year to exploring more dependable sources of income/funds.

Attendance at its annual African Festival grew steadily between 1,000 and 5,000 between 2006 and 2010.

Conferences on Africa
In 1993, AFASA teamed up with Thunderbird School of Global Management to organize an international conference on “Africa: Unity in Diversity.” In 1997, AFASA organized another international conference on Africa.

Other
AFASA has also organized an assortment of fun-filled activities, among them, picnics, pot-lucks, summer banquets, fall banquest, trip to Kingman, Arizona, trip to Africa.