Manthia Diawara | |
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| Born | December 19, 1953 Bamako, Mali |
| Occupation | Writer, filmmaker, theorist, professor, producer |
| Nationality | Malian, American |
| Alma mater | Indiana University, University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Santa Barbara. |
| Genre | Film, history, literature, theory, art history |
| Subject | Africana Studies, Film Studies, Comparative Literature, Art History |
Manthia Diawara (born December 19, 1953) is a Malian writer, filmmaker, cultural theorist, scholar, and art historian. He holds the title of University Professor at New York University (NYU), where he is Director of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs.