Title

In the name of God the most compassionate and the most merciful

Creator

Abd Assamad Muhammed Adam

Files

Preview

Identifier

W36-00132-A

Creation Date

January 2007

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, Pictorial Works, History, Darfur conflict, Darfur (Sudan), Drawings (Visual Works)

Publisher

[s.n.]

Abstract

This drawing by an 8 year old Darfuri boy depicts the Sudan military and a government sponsored militia group shooting and killing children in a Darfuri village. Houses in the villages are seen being burnt down after being shelled by helicopter gunships and tanks. Trucks mounted with guns that fire mortar rounds were also used to pound villages and the militia men came on horse and camel backs to finish off whoever tried to escape from the villages.

Description

Pencil on paper

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Subject: topical

Genocide; Ethnic conflict; Refugees; History; Darfur Conflict, Sudan, 2003-

Time Period

1974-2007

Type

Image

Genre

Drawings (Visual Works).

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Recommended Citation

Abd Assamad Muhammed Adam, "In the name of God the most compassionate and the most merciful" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 265.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/265