Khady Sylla (born March 27, 1963 in Dakar) is a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and film. She studied at the Ecole 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[1]. She currently teaches German at Cheikh Anta Diop University.
Bibliography
- Le Jeu de la Mer [The Game of the Sea]. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1992. (160p.). ISBN 2-7384-1563-6 (Novel)
Film
- An Open Window
- Les Bijoux-(1997), Short film
- Colobane Express (1999), docu-drama about the passengers of a Senegalese bus.
