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

Praise Song
2021
Conakry Kas
2004
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
2017
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
Maison Tropicale
2008
Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
2017
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994
AI: African Intelligence
2023
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
2009
A Letter from Yene
2022
Rouch in Reverse
1995
An Opera of the World
2017

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
8
Directing
12
Writing
5
Producing
1
2023
AI: African Intelligence
as Self
2022
A Letter from Yene
as Self
2021
Praise Song
as Self
2017
An Opera of the World
as Himself
2017
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
as Self
2017
Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
as Self
1995
Rouch in Reverse
as himself
1994
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
as Self