Khady Sylla
Khady Sylla was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and filmmaker.
Life
Born in Dakar, she studied at the École Normale Supérieure where she became interested in a literary career. She later became one of a small number of African women film makers. Her An Open Window won a first film prize at the Marseille [Festival of Documentary Film] . She was one of several Senegalese filmmakers mentored by French ethnologist Jean Rouch. She was the older sister of the filmmaker Mariama Sylla, with whom she co-directed the film Une simple parole.Works
;Novels;Films
- Les Bijoux-, Short film
- Colobane Express, docu-drama about the passengers of a Senegalese bus.
- Une fenêtre ouverte, documentary short
- ''Une simple parole''