Person

Manthia Diawara

Directing · Born 1953-12-19 · Bamako, Mali

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).

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  Maison Tropicale

  Director

• Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future

  Producer

• Praise Song

  Self

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  Conakry Kas

  Director

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  AI: African Intelligence

  Self

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  Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

  Self

• Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon

  Director

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  Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation

  Director

• Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'

  Self

• Rouch in Reverse

  himself

• 2023AI: African IntelligenceSelf
• 2023Angela Davis: A World of Greater FreedomDirector
• 2022A Letter from YeneSelf
• 2021Praise SongSelf
• 2017An Opera of the WorldHimself
• 2017Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'Self
• 2017Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'Self
• 2015Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold SenghorDirector
• 2009Édouard Glissant: One World in RelationDirector
• 2008Maison TropicaleDirector
• 2004Conakry KasDirector
• 2000Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to DogonDirector
• 1995Rouch in Reversehimself
• 1994Sembène: The Making of African CinemaSelf
• —Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the FutureProducer