Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 19, 1953
Place of Birth
Bamako, Mali
Credits
16 titles
Manthia Diawara
Biography
Manthia Diawara is a Malian writer, filmmaker, cultural theorist, scholar, and art historian. His essays on art, cinema, and politics have appeared in The New Times Magazine, LA Times, Libération, Mediapart, and Artforum. He is the author of two acclaimed memoirs: In Search of Africa (Harvard University Press, 2000) and We Won’t Budge: An African in the World (Basic Books, 2008). He has published several books on African and African American cinema. Diawara’s notable films include An Opera of the World (2017), Negritude: A Dialogue between Soyinka and Senghor (2016), Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation (2010), Maison Tropicale (2008), Rouch In Reverse (1995), AI: African Intelligence (2023), and Angela Davis: A World of Wider Freedom (2024).
Known For
Filmography
AI: African Intelligence
Self
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
Director
A Letter from Yene
Self
Praise Song
Self
An Opera of the World
Himself
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
Self
Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
Self
Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor
Director
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
Director
Maison Tropicale
Director
Conakry Kas
Director
Bamako Sigi-Kan
Director
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
Director
Rouch in Reverse
himself
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
Self
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
Producer