Manthia Diawara
Known for
Directing
Born
December 19, 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
Bamako, Mali
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 (20...
Best known work
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994
A Letter from Yene
2022
AI: African Intelligence
2023
Rouch in Reverse
1995
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
2009
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
An Opera of the World
2017Praise Song
2021Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
2017Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
2017Filmography
TBA
2023
AI: African Intelligenceas Self, Director
2023
Angela Davis: A World of Greater FreedomDirector, Writer
2022
A Letter from Yeneas Self, Director, Writer
2021
Praise Songas Self
2017
An Opera of the Worldas Himself, Director
2017
2017
2015
2009
2008
Maison TropicaleDirector, Writer
2004
Conakry KasDirector, Writer
2002
Bamako Sigi-KanDirector
2000
1995
Rouch in Reverseas himself, Writer, Director
1994
Sembène: The Making of African Cinemaas Self, Director