Attack on a Village in Darfur

Creator

Mansour Mohammed Abdrahman

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts the Sudanese military attacking a village in Darfur. Houses are burning after being shot at by military helicopter gunships and trucks mounted with high caliber machine guns. Janjaweed militia are shooting civilians.

Alt Text

A child's crayon and pencil drawing on worn, white paper of a village, represented by four huts with pointed roofs, under attack from multiple assailants. There are illustrations of military trucks with mounted machine guns shooting at villagers, as well as people on horses or camels and on foot doing the same. Pencil lines coming off the roofs of the huts indicate they have caught fire.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00382-A

Recommended Citation

Mohammed Abdrahman, Mansour, "Attack on a Village in Darfur" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 149.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/149