Khady Sylla

• Name — Khady Sylla • Born — March 27 1963 • Birthplace — Dakar • Died — October 28 2013 • Place of death — Dakar • Education — École Normale Supérieure • Occupation — Writer. filmmaker • Notable Works — Une fenêtre ouverte • Relatives — Mariama Sylla

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.

• Novels • Le Jeu de la Mer [The Game of the Sea]. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1992. • Films • Les Bijoux-(1997), Short film • Colobane Express (1999), docu-drama about the passengers of a Senegalese bus. • Une fenêtre ouverte (2005), documentary short (52 min.) • Une simple parole (2014)