# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manthia-diawara
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:27.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manthia-diawara"
name: "Manthia Diawara"
slug: "manthia-diawara"
description: "Manthia Diawara 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."
tagline: "Film director"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Manthia_Diawara_on_Cinema_Then%2C_Cinema_Now_%281994%29.jpg/330px-Manthia_Diawara_on_Cinema_Then%2C_Cinema_Now_%281994%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.8
  momentum:             3.500834028356963
  historical:           7.474586666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224938/"
    handle:    "nm0224938"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthia_Diawara"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "مانثيا دياوارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthia_Diawara"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthia_Diawara"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthia_Diawara"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthia_Diawara"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthia_Diawara"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthia_Diawara"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3286629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1434392"
    title: "Manthia Diawara"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump