Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings
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Creation Date
January 2007
Time Period
circa 1974-2007
Abstract
Drawing of a woman wailing after the roof of her house which had been torched caved in. The child who drew this picture also shows that his village was not only attacked by militia men wielding machine guns but also by military helicopters.
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A child's drawing that utilizes crayons and a blue pen to depict a man in a red hat who has one hand on his hip and is holding a machine gun in his other hand, keeping it resting at his side. Elsewhere, a woman leans down and reaches out to an animal, possibly a cat, while another woman looks at the roof of her house, which has caved in from damage. Illustrations of another house and a helicopter 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
W36-00195-A
Recommended Citation
Ahmad Suleiman, Nairouza, "Wailing After a House has been Burned Down" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 525.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/525
Keywords
Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict
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