Song of Khartoum

Song of Khartoum
Directed byGadalla Gubara
Release date
  • 1955 (1955)
Running time
18 minutes
CountrySudan
LanguageSudanese Arabic

Song of Khartoum (Arabic: اغنية الخرطوم, romanized: ʿUghniyya al-Khurṭūm) is a 1955 Sudanese short documentary film in the city symphony genre, directed by Gadalla Gubara.[1] It is considered the first color film in African cinema.[2][3]

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  2. ^ Akoroko News (July 10, 2023). "Gadalla Gubara: A Pioneer of African Cinemas and the Story of Sudan's Film Industry". AKOROKO.
  3. ^ African Cinema and Human Rights. (2019:221). United States: Indiana University Press.