Helicopters and Jets Bombing a Village in Darfur

Creator

Habeeba Abkar Abderrahman

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts Sudan's military using its airplanes and helicopter gunships to bomb villages in Darfur. Also shows houses burning and soldiers shoot and killing many unarmed villagers.

Alt Text

A child's color drawing on a worn sheet of white paper depicting a violent attack on a village and its residents. Armed foot soldiers, armored trucks with mounted machine guns, and jets and helicopters are all laying waste to the village. All of the depicted houses are on fire, and many human forms representing villagers lie on the ground with red marks drawn on their bodies to represent blood.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugee camps, History, Darfur conflict, Pictorial works

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Chad; Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00452-A

Recommended Citation

Abkar Abderrahman, Habeeba, "Helicopters and Jets Bombing a Village in Darfur" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 189.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/189