Heavy Gunfire

Creator

Yaacoub Ahmed Adam Abkar

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts Sudan's military and militia group members attacking a village in Darfur. Homes were sprayed with bullets and then bombed by helicopter gunships or by mortar rounds that were shot from heavy machine guns mounted on trucks.

Alt Text

A child's hand drawn sketch in blue ink on graph paper of people armed with large guns in different situations, including standing to the side of a house and firing upon it, hiding under two trees, riding in the back of a truck with a mounted gun, and flying a helicopter. Captions and notes in Arabic are seen throughout, adding context on what is depicted.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic Conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00300-A

Recommended Citation

Ahmed Adam Abkar, Yaacoub, "Heavy Gunfire" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 106.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/106