Manthia Diawara

Manthia Diawara (born December 19, 1953 in Bamako ) is a Malian filmmaker , cultural theorist , art historian and professor.

life and work

Manthia Diawara lived in Guinea until 1964 . He received his Ph.D. in 1985. at Indiana University . Diawara was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania , the University of California, Santa Barbara and later professor of comparative literature and film studies at New York University . He is also the director of the Institute for African-American Affairs at New York University.

African Cinema : Politics & Culture: Politics and Culture (Blacks in the Diaspora), Manthia Diawara, Indiana University Press (IPS) (April 22, 1992) (English) ISBN 978-0-253-20707-4
Black American Cinema (Afi Film Readers), Manthia Diawara, (November 11, 1993), Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-90397-4
In Search of Africa , Manthia Diawara, Harvard University Press (November 15, 2000), (English), ISBN 978-0-674-00408-5
We Won't Budge : An African Exile in the World, Manthia Diawara (English), August 20, 2004, ISBN 978-0-465-01710-2
Bamako-Paris-New-York : itinéraire d'un exilé, Manthia Diawara, Présence africaine, 2007, (French) ISBN 978-2-7087-0779-5
African Film: New Forms of Aesthetics and Politics , Manthia Diawara, May 25, 2010, Prestel; Edition: Pap / DVD (May 3, 2010), (English), ISBN 978-3-7913-4342-6

personal data
SURNAME	Diawara, Manthia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Malinese filmmaker, cultural theorist, art historian and professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bamako