Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muma1960, Riefenstahl akatanga kufarira Africa kubva mubhuku raErnest Hemingway rinonzi "Green Hills of Africa" uye kubva pamifananidzo yaGeorge Rodger. Akashanyira Kenya kekutanga muna 1956 uye akazoenda kuSudan, kwaakazotora mifananidzo yemadzinza evaNuba vaaigara navo nguva nenguva, achidzidza nezvetsika dzavo kuitira kuti zvive nyore kumutora mifananidzo. Kunyange zvazvo purojekiti yake yefirimu pamusoro poutapwa hwemazuva ano yakanzi "Die Schwarze Fracht" ("The Black Cargo") isina kuzombopedzwa, Riefenstahl akakwanisa kutengesa mifananidzo yakamira kubva pakufamba kuenda kumagazini mumativi akasiyana-siyana enyika. Paakanga achitsvaka nzvimbo dzokupfura, akapotsa afa nokukuvara kwaakaita mutsaona yetiraki. Pashure pokumuka kubva mukoma muchipatara cheNairobi, akapedza kunyora rugwaro rwacho, asi akakurumidza kuvhiringidzwa chose chose navanhu vomunzvimbomo vakanga vasingadi kushandira pamwe,
Dambudziko reSuez Canal nemamiriro okunze akaipa. Pakupedzisira, purojekiti yefirimu yakabviswa. Kunyange zvakadaro, Riefenstahl akapiwa ugari hweSudan nokuda kwebasa rake kunyika, achiva mutorwa wokutanga kugamuchira pasipoti yeSudan.