Diawara, Manthia
	Professor of Comparative Literature, Africana Studies B.A. 1976, M.A. 1978, American; Ph.D. 1985, Indiana Email:

Areas of Research/Interest: Black American film, literary and cultural studies, black film in Africa and Europe.

In Search of Africa. Harvard University Press. 1998.
Black American Cinema: Aesthetics and Spectatorship, ed. Routledge. 1993.
African Cinema: Politics and Culture. Indiana University Press. 1992.

Fellowships/Honors: Jury Member, The National Black Programming Consortium, Inc., Columbus, OH, 1992, 1989; Jury Member, The Paul Robeson Award, The Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou, 1987; NAACP Top of the Mountain Award, 1998.