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, LibĂ©ration, Mediapart, and Artforum. He is the author of two acclaimed memoirs: In Search of Africa (Harvard University Press, 2000) and We Wonât Budge: An African in the World (Basic Books, 2008). He has published several books on African and African American cinema. Diawaraâs notable films include An Opera of the World (2017), Negritude: A Dialogue between Soyinka and Senghor (2016), Ădouard 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).
