Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings
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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.
Keywords
Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict
Extent
1 drawing
Geographic Location
Darfur (Sudan)
Place of Publication
Refugee camp, Eastern Chad
Media Type
Drawings (Visual works)
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
Keywords
Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict
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