Military Helicopters Bombing a Village in Darfur

Creator

Assadiq Abkar Ismail

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts Sudanese military helicopters bombing village homes in Darfur and setting them on fire. on the bottom part of the drawing, villagers are seen in a shootout with Sudan's military soldiers.

Alt Text

A child's drawing in blue pen, pencil, and colored pencils that depicts a rural village that has been set ablaze by firebombs dropped from helicopters and airplanes flying overhead. The village is represented by two rows of small, triangular houses which are completely shaded over with pencil and red and yellow colored pencil lines emerge from their tops, depicting the fire and smoke that has completely engulfed them. In the foreground are depictions of local crops and of four people engaged in a firefight, with two figures standing on the left and firing at the other two figures on the right and vice versa.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00387-A

Recommended Citation

Abkar Ismail, Assadiq, "Military Helicopters Bombing a Village in Darfur" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 420.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/420