Darfur Village Under a Barrage of Fire

Creator

Koltoum Yahya Abdallah

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Sudan's joint military forces comprising the infantry, Calvary, army trucks mounted with machine guns, and air force using helicopters attack villages in Darfur. This massive attack was an implementation of Sudan government scorched earth policy meant to subdue any opposition by killing civilians in Darfur region and destroying their property. This drawing is by a young Darfur boy who drew this picture in a refugee camp in Chad and depicts what he saw and witnessed first hand when his village was attacked.

Alt Text

A child's drawing in pencil on graph paper of military forces taking aim at a village of houses with pointed, triangular roofs. A military helicopter, two trucks with mounted machine guns, a soldier on horseback wielding a machine gun, and a gunner on foot are among the depicted attackers.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00183

Recommended Citation

Yahya Abdallah, Koltoum, "Darfur Village Under a Barrage of Fire" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 47.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/47