Khady Sylla

Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and film.
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".