This Tank Belonged to Omar Al-bashir

Creator

Abd-Alhameed Adam Abdallah

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts president Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan holding a gun and shooting after ordering his military to attack a village in Darfur. The military arrived by tank, on horseback, and on foot and were all heavily armed with machine guns.

Alt Text

A child's sketch in blue pen on graph paper, with some details colored by crayons, that depicts a man in a button-down shirt holding a large rifle which he is pointing to the left. Above his head is a depiction of a tank that is firing mortar shells, while below him is an armed person on horseback firing at another human figure whom the artist has partially scribbled out. A final armed individual is seen at the bottom of the page firing at a woman and a house, both of which are colored over with red, likely indicating blood or fire. Several lines of Arabic are written throughout the image.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic Conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur Conflict, Drawing (Visual Works)

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00293-A

Recommended Citation

Adam Abdallah, Abd-Alhameed, "This Tank Belonged to Omar Al-bashir" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 538.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/538