Darfur Villages Under Siege

Creator

Adam Ahmed Yaacoub

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts armed soldiers, who had surrounded a Darfuri village, shooting civilians trying to escape from burning houses after Sudan's military helicopter gunships bombed the village. Also shown are military trucks mounted with heavy machine guns.

Alt Text

A child's drawing done in pencil and brown, orange, and red crayon of a large group of houses with pointed roofs being set ablaze by attackers in helicopters and a truck with a mounted gun. A human figure on foot also fires his assault weapon at the houses, while another stands just outside the buildings talking on a walkie-talkie. Two stick figure people are seen fleeing from the scene.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00415-A

Recommended Citation

Ahmed Yaacoub, Adam, "Darfur Villages Under Siege" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 163.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/163