Destruction of a Darfur Village

Creator

Yahya Abkar Adam Abdallah

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts a village in Darfur under attack by the Sudanese military. A helicopter is bombing the village and homes are burning. There are military trucks with guns and a soldier on foot shooting a villager.

Alt Text

A child's sketch in pencil drawn on a torn sheet of graph paper depicting heavily-armed individuals on foot, in trucks, and in a helicopter attacking an unarmed person and dropping fire bombs onto two houses. Small notes written in Arabic 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

W36-00222-A

Recommended Citation

Abkar Adam Abdallah, Yahya, "Destruction of a Darfur Village" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 67.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/67