Shooting Women

Creator

Unknown

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts militia members and the Sudanese military shooting and killing women in a village in Darfur. Also shows the destruction of property in the village.

Alt Text

A child's sketch in blue pen on graph paper of a chaotic scene of violence being perpetrated on a group of unarmed people and animals. Figures armed with machine guns are seen on foot and riding on camels, shooting at a fleeing woman and an animal with a curled tail, probably a monkey. Representations of a helicopter, a truck with a mounted gun, a person climbing a tree, and other animals 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

W36-00259-A

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Shooting Women" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 347.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/347