Burning Homes

Creator

Ahmed Issa Adam Sabaa

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts how the Sudanese military invaded villages in Darfur and set homes on fire with civilians trapped inside. Also shown are people being shot, homes being bombed by armored tanks, and the Janjaweed militia riding camels and helping the military.

Alt Text

A child's illustration that uses a blue pen and green and red crayons to depict a group of on-fire houses under attack from various sources. A tank flying the Sudanese flag is seen firing into one of the houses, while another house is under assault from a soldier with a machine gun that is riding a camel. To the far right of the page is a group of unarmed people that are being shot by a person wearing green who is also wielding a machine gun.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic Conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00443-A

Recommended Citation

Issa Adam Sabaa, Ahmed, "Burning Homes" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 183.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/183