| Khady Sylla | |
| Birth Date: | March 27 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Dakar |
| Death Date: | October 28 2013 |
| Death Place: | Dakar |
| Nationality: | Senegalese |
| Alma Mater: | École Normale Supérieure |
| Occupation: | Writer . filmmaker |
| Notable Works: | Une fenêtre ouverte |
| Relatives: | Mariama Sylla |
Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and filmmaker.[1]
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 https://web.archive.org/web/20070313100725/http://www.fidmarseille.org/awardslist.htm. She was one of several Senegalese filmmakers mentored by French ethnologist Jean Rouch.[1] She was the older sister of the filmmaker Mariama Sylla, with whom she co-directed the film Une simple parole.[2]