Khady Sylla was a African writer. The Director of the 1932 American Pre-Code drama film Afraid to Talk was not African writer.
Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 August 25, 1963) was an American film director. 
Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963  Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and film. 
Afraid to Talk is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Tom Reed. 
