Fodé Sylla

For the Guinean football player, see Fodé Moussa Sylla.

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.

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	(1963-01-23) 23 January 1963 Thiès, Senegal
Nationality	French
Political party	PRG

Early life

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).

SOS Racism

He was the second president of the French anti-racist organisation SOS Racisme between 1992 and 1999.

Political career

Although close to the French Socialist Party as a president of its near-affiliated organisation SOS Racism, he was selected as a non-party candidate by the French Communist Party for the 1999 European Elections. After his mandate, in 2006, he joined the center-left Radical Party of the Left under which label he unsuccessfully candidated for the 2007 legislative elections.