Throwing Boy in Fire

Creator

Abdoul Jabbar Solimon Arbab

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

This drawing depicts Sudan's military and the Janjaweed militia group attacking a village in Darfur. Some civilians had their heads covered with a sack before being shot dead. Some children had their hands tied and were thrown into a fire while a large number of girls and women were abducted and had their hands tied. Children were never spared and were even shot at point blank range. Villages were set on fire and the government used airplanes and armored tanks to bomb them. In order to prevent civilians from escaping, militia men came on horseback and shot any villager they came across.

Alt Text

A child's drawing in graphite and colored pencils on white paper of soldiers in camouflage uniforms shooting, abducting, and burning the houses of a group of villagers. One of the abductees has a sack placed over their head and is being guided by a soldier holding a gun to their back, while a group of women, including the elderly, have their hands tied behind them while being led by another soldier armed with a rifle. A tank, trucks with mounted guns, airplanes dropping ordinance, and armed soldiers on horseback add to the chaos and violence of the scene.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00012-A

Recommended Citation

Jabbar Solimon Arbab, Abdoul, "Throwing Boy in Fire" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 502.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/502