Burning Homes

Creator

Azza Ahmed Abdullah Yahya

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that shows homes in a village in Darfur burning after Sudan's military helicopters bombed them. Many people were trapped in their homes and were burnt alive.

Alt Text

A child's pencil drawing on graph paper of a series of triangular houses under fire from two helicopters that are flying overhead and dropping fire bombs. Half of the houses are seen flying the Sudanese flag and all of them are on fire. Below the line of houses, a small human figure with a gun fires toward two women, one of whom had red marks on her body, indicating she has been shot. At the bottom of the page is a person on horseback chasing after another woman.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00408-A

Recommended Citation

Ahmed Abdullah Yahya, Azza, "Burning Homes" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 159.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/159