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Diawara, Manthia.

In search of Africa edited by Manthia, Diawara. - [New York : harvad university press, [1998]. - ix,288 p. sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced in 1996. Disc label incorrectly lists running time as 26 min.

Camera, Manthia Diawra and others ; editors, Beverly Petterrson, Lora Hayes. Camera, Manthia Diawra and others ; editors, Beverly Petterrson, Lora Hayes.

"In 1996, the filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara, now living in New York, returns to Guinea, thirty-two years after he and his family were expelled from the newly liberated country. Despite the years that have gone by, Diawara expects to be welcomed as an insider, and is shocked to discover that he is not."-- Distributor Website.


DVD; stereo.


In English and French with English subtitles.

LCCN: 2012397345

Subjects--Personal Names:
Diawara, Manthia, 1953- --Travel--Guinea.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
West Africans--Ethnic identity.--United States
African Americans--Relations with Africans.
Pan-Africanism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Relations--Africa, French-speaking West.
Africa, French-speaking West--Relations--United States.

LC Class. No.: E184.A24 / .D53 1998