Destroying Village Life

Creator

Halima Ibrahim Adam

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts Sudan's military helicopter gunships and a truck mounted with a high caliber machine gun bombing Darfuri villages and shooting at civilians.

Alt Text

A child's hand-drawn illustration in blue pen ink on graph paper featuring a chaotic scene of a village consisting of several houses and a large group of people that is under attack. Two helicopters at the top of the page are shown dropping something, which is represented by lines drawn with a red colored pencil, onto the houses and onto some of the people themselves. In the foreground, several people on horseback and one on foot who carries a machine gun chase after fleeing villagers.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00407-A

Recommended Citation

Ibrahim Adam, Halima, "Destroying Village Life" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 158.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/158