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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Bamako-Paris-New York
- Malick Sidibé
- Black British cultural studies
- Mali kow
- African cinema
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- AI: African Intelligence — Self2023
- A Letter from Yene — Self2022
- Praise Song — Self2021
- An Opera of the World — Himself2017
- Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl' — Self2017
- Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret' — Self2017
- Rouch in Reverse — himself1995
- Sembène: The Making of African Cinema — Self1994
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 39
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mali
- Place of birth
- Bamako
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- documenta 14
- Residence
- Paris
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- date of birth
- 1953-12-19
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- Black Lunch Table
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