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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. ==Biography== Diawara was born in Bamako, Mali, and received his early education in France.〔(Faculty profile at NYU )〕 He later received a PhD from Indiana University in 1985. Prior to teaching at NYU, Diawara taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Much of his research has been in the field of black cultural studies, though his work has differed from the traditional approach to such study formulated in Britain in the early 1980s. Along with other notable recent scholars, Diawara has sought to incorporate consideration of the material conditions of African Americans to provide a broader context for the study of African diasopric culture. An aspect of this formulation has been the privileging of "Blackness" in all its possible forms rather than as relevant to a single, perhaps monolithic definition of black culture.〔(Manthia Diawara Biographical Sketch ) from Black Cultural Studies.〕 Diawara has contributed significantly to the study of black film. In 1992, Indiana University Press published his ''African Cinema: Politics & Culture '' and in 1993, Routledge published a volume he edited entitled ''Black-American Cinema''. A filmmaker himself, Diawara has written and directed a number of films.〔("Manthia Diawara" ) at IMDb.〕 His 1998 book ''In Search of Africa'' is an account of his return to his childhood home of Guinea and was published by Harvard University Press.〔("In Search of Africa by Manthia Diawara" ), Harvard University Press.〕 Diawara is the editor-in-chief of ''Renaissance Noire'', a journal of arts, culture, and politics dedicated to work that engages contemporary Black concerns. He serves on the advisory board of ''October'', and is also on the editorial collective of ''Public Culture''.〔(October Editorial Info ), MIT Press Journals.〕 In 2003, Diawara released ''We Won't Budge: A Malaria Memoir'', the title a tribute to Salif Keita's anthemic protest song "Nou Pas Bouger".〔Margaret Busby, ("We Won't Budge, by Manthia Diawara: Musical memories of an African in Paris" (review) ), ''The Independent'', 10 March 2006.〕 The book was described by ''The Village Voice'' as "by turns elegiac, unsentimental, angry, and wise....his story unfolds in the triumphant days post-1960 (when Mali gained independence from France), trips into reverie for a youth spent in thrall to rock and roll, and evokes his awakenings to art and racism in the West."〔Lenora Todaro, ("Manthia Diawara Won't Budge - NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat" ), ''The Village Voice'', July 8, 2003.〕 Diawara serves on the board of TransAfrica Forum, alongside Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, and Walter Mosely, which supported Barack Obama's successful candidacy for President in 2008.〔("Black à part, an interview with Manthia Diawara ), ''Libération'', 28 October 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manthia Diawara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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