Fodé Sylla (politician)
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Fodé Sylla | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| President of SOS Racisme | |
| In office 1992–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Harlem Désir |
| Succeeded by | Malek Boutih |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1963 |
| Party | PRG |
Fodé Sylla (born 23 January 1963 in Thiès, Senegal) is a French politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for France from 1999 to 2004.
He spent his youth in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, a French rural commune, the first one inside metropolitan France that ever had a Black mayor, Raphaël Élizé, in 1929–1940. He has a BA in History and a M.A in Political Science and wrote several books, e.g. Qui a peur de Malcolm X ? (Who is afraid of Malcolm X ?) and Préférence nationale : un Apartheid à la française (National preference, a French apartheid).
