Trying to Escape

Creator

Unknown

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts Sudan's military helicopters bombing a village and also shooting at unarmed civilians. The villagers trying to flee are being shot at or run over by military vehicles.

Alt Text

A child's notebook page that is filled with various illustrations representing an attack on a local village and the residents there. Across the two sheets of lined paper are sketches of homes and trees being firebombed by a helicopter, men in an armored truck with a mounted gun running over a person, three soldiers on foot with large assault weapons, a second helicopter shooting at a person trying to run away, a gunman rounding up several elderly figures with canes, a woman and three children riding an animal (possibly a donkey), and two women standing outside of a house who have found weapons of their own and are attempting to fight back.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00442-B

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Trying to Escape" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 572.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/572