Omar Hassan Al-bashir Is a Monkey

Creator

Isaac Najeeb

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts president Omar Hassan al-Bashir as a monkey. There is a truck carrying Janjaweed militia and a couple of soldiers are seen on the street. In the picture, we can also see a gun that was used to kill civilians.

Alt Text

A child's pencil sketch on torn graph paper that depicts three human figures, a truck, a gun, and a monkey. One of the figures is driving the truck, while another has pants and shoes that have been shaded to a darker color and round designs drawn on its shirt, possibly representing camouflage. Arabic captions are seen handwritten below the illustrations.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic Conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur Conflict, Drawing (Visual Works)

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00245-A

Recommended Citation

Najeeb, Isaac, "Omar Hassan Al-bashir Is a Monkey" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 337.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/337