Sinima a Afirka shine shirya fina -finai a nahiyar Afirka. Ya samo asali tun farkon ƙarni na 20, lokacin da reels na fim shine fasahar silima ta farko da ake amfani da ita. A lokacin mulkin mallaka, aikin farar fata, mulkin mallaka, 'yan fim na Yammacin Turai ya nuna rayuwar Afirka, waɗanda ke nuna baƙar fata a cikin mummunan yanayi, a matsayin m "wasu". Babu fim din Afirka guda ɗaya; akwai banbanci tsakanin Fina-finan Arewacin Afirka da na Sahara, da tsakanin gidajen sinima na ƙasashe daban-daban. Fina-finan Tunisia da na Masar na daga cikin tsofaffin a duniya. Auguste da Louis Lumière sun kalli fina-finansu a Alexandria, Alkahira, Tunis, Soussa da Hammam-Lif a Shekara ta 1896. Albert Samama Chikly galibi ana ambaton shi a matsayin wanda ya fara samar da finafinan 'yan asalin Afirka, yana tantance takaitattun shirye -shiryen su a gidan caca na Tunis tun farkon watan Disamba a shekara ta 1905. Tare da 'yarsu Haydée Tamzali, Chikly zai ci gaba da samar da muhimman abubuwan tarihi na farko kamar a shekara ta 1924's The Girl from Carthage .