È una giornalista e autrice statunitense-senegalese. Ha fondato None on record: stories of queer Africa, organizzazione che ha raccolto e archiviato varie narrazioni di africani lgbt+. Dirige AQ Studios, una società africana di podcast, con cui ha prodotto
AfroQueer. Selly Thiam is a Senegalese-American journalist, filmmaker, radio producer and writer. She founded None on record: stories of queer Africa, an organization that collected and archived various narratives of lgbt+ Africans. She is the ceo and founder of AQ Studios, an African podcast company with which she produced
AfroQueer.