Janjaweed Militia Attacking a Village in Darfur

Creator

Halima Abkar Youness

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

This picture was drawn by an 8 year old Darfuri girl living in a refugee camp in Chad. She depicts how her village was attacked both by the military of Sudan and by the Janjaweed militia group. The militia group came riding camels and used machine guns to shoot people in the village while the government used helicopter gunships to bomb the villagers. In order to destroy their livelihood, the military and the Janjaweed burnt all the houses in the village that they attacked.

Alt Text

A child's illustration in pencil and crayon drawn on a worn sheet of white paper featuring several heavily-armed human figures holding their guns up to and even shooting other, unarmed figures. Two of the armed men ride on camels while the rest are on foot. Drawings of a helicopter and three on-fire houses are also seen.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00127-A

Recommended Citation

Abkar Youness, Halima, "Janjaweed Militia Attacking a Village in Darfur" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 263.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/263