Manthia Diawara
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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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Sembène: The Making of African Cinema (1994)
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AI: African Intelligence (2023)
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An Opera of the World (2017)
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Rouch in Reverse (1995)
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Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation (2009)
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Conakry Kas (2004)
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Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon (2000)
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Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom (2023)
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A Letter from Yene (2022)
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Maison Tropicale (2008)
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Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor (2015)
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