Warplanes

Creator

Aisha Yousef Khater

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing by a 13-year-old Darfuri girl living in a refugee camp in Chad. The pictures depict a Sudanese military helicopter and truck mounted with a high caliber machine gun being used to shoot of civilians and bombing of villages. Also depicted are Janjaweed militia who assisted the military by shooting civilians and burning homes.

Alt Text

A child's pencil and crayon drawing on white paper of a village and its residents under attack by multiple type of armed assailants. A helicopter flies overhead, dropping fire bombs, while soldiers on foot and on camel- and horseback fire their machine guns at villagers who are trying to flee, including elderly people and a woman with a baby on her back. Another soldier on foot is seen firing into the roofs of the village homes, which have already caught fire from the ordinance that was dropped.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflicts, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00441-A

Recommended Citation

Yousef Khater, Aisha, "Warplanes" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 571.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/571