Destroying a Village in Kabar

Creator

Issa Mohammed Abdennabi

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts a village in Kabar, under attack by the Sudanese military. Homes are burning after being bombed by helicopters and hit by mortar rounds. Janjaweed militia are shown riding camels and shooting civilians.

Alt Text

A child's color drawing on a worn sheet of white paper that depicts a village under attack from multiple sources, including a helicopter, two gunmen riding a camel and a horse, a truck with a mounted machine gun, and armed soldiers on foot. The truck's gunner and one of the foot soldiers are firing into a nearby tree where a villager attempted to hide and at a figure with a cane. The gunman on the camel is firing their weapon into the roofs of the village houses, which have caught fire from the shooting and from the helicopter dropping ordinance from above.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00475-A

Recommended Citation

Mohammed Abdennabi, Issa, "Destroying a Village in Kabar" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 204.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/204