Tabara Korka Ndiaye

Apr 2, 2024 | ajws.org | Tabara Korka Ndiaye

Hopeful doesn’t begin to describe the mood in Senegal right now, on the heels of our presidential election last week. We are witnessing our democracy reborn — a major step in AJWS’s mission to amplify democracy around the world. For the past few years, the increasingly authoritarian regime led by our former president Macky Sall tried to silence all opposition, delay our elections and cling to power — but our people’s votes have finally ended their reign.

May 3, 2023 | africasacountry.com | Tabara Korka Ndiaye |Rama Salla Dieng |Dan Moshenberg

When you hold Khady Sylla’s 1992 novel,  Le Jeu de la Mer (published in the Encres noires collection of L’Harmattan Paris), it is the black and white image of Khady at the back of the book that first catches your attention. Her gaze is captivating and mysterious. She wears discreet lipstick, a shaved head, and large hoop earrings. You imagine this photo in color because Khady’s writing is sparkling, sublime, and unexpected. What words then inhabit this 29-year-old young woman when her novel appears?

Feb 20, 2023 | africasacountry.com | Amber Sweat |Rama Salla Dieng |Tabara Korka Ndiaye

The Silent Monologue is a 45-minute film co-directed by the Senegalese Khady Sylla (1963-2013) and the Belgian Charlie van Damme (1946-). Shot in Dakar, the film questions the condition of domestic workers, commonly known as “the maids.” Sylla and van Damme draw our attention to the condition of all migrant and poor workers, including washerwomen and precarious agricultural workers, those surga (seasonal workers) with which Dakar abounds.