Attack From the Air

Creator

Ommonnas Mohammed Abdullah

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that shows homes in a village in Darfur coming under heavy fire after military helicopters and trucks mounted with machine guns are used to bomb them. Soldiers and members of a militia group are pursuing and shooting civilians trying to flee from the village.

Alt Text

A child's pencil drawing on a sheet of worn, white paper of multiple helicopters, men on horseback, men in trucks with mounted guns, and men on foot attacking a grouping of houses with triangular, thatched roofs and other human figures who are fleeing. One of the people who was fleeing lies on the group behind the others.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00425-A

Recommended Citation

Mohammed Abdullah, Ommonnas, "Attack From the Air" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 171.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/171