Abdel Gadir Salim (Arabic: عبد القادر سالم, born 1946) is a singer and bandleader of popular music from Sudan.
The assault reflected the fiercely anti-cultural environment that followed the 1989 coup, but Salim, always a figure above politics, dismissed it as the act of a crazy man, and carried right on with his work.
The addition of Western musical instruments such as the electric guitar, accordion or saxophone in his band's lineup is characteristic of the urban popular style of the time.
According to a statement on the back of his album Nujum Al-Lail (Stars in the Night) (1989, Globe Style, UK), the two careers harmonize without strain.
Salim represented Sudan at the qualification round of the first ABU Radio Song Festival 2012, but failed to qualify for the final which was scheduled to take place at the KBS Concert Hall in Seoul, South Korea on 14 October 2012.