Children’s drawings from Darfur

One of five hundred children’s drawings collected by Waging Peace showing killings, bombing and looting committed by government troops. In November 2007, the drawings were accepted by the International Criminal Court as contextual evidence of the crimes committed in Darfur.

Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.

One of five hundred children’s drawings collected by Waging Peace showing killings, bombing and looting committed by government troops. In November 2007, the drawings were accepted by the International Criminal Court as contextual evidence of the crimes committed in Darfur.

Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.

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These drawings were made by child survivors of the genocide perpetrated by deposed President Omar al Bashir’s Sudanese government forces and the Janjaweed militia against non-Arab Darfuri people since 2003.

They were obtained in 2007 by the humanitarian charity Waging Peace in a refugee camp in eastern Chad where thousands of Darfuris had fled genocide and mass violence in their home region.

This educational resource for teachers uses the drawings as primary sources to teach students about the genocide and mass atrocity in Sudan in the early 2000s.

Please use the links below to download the worksheet and primary sources.

All sources are courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library and can be reproduced for educational purposes only. The Wiener Holocaust Library should be acknowledged in all reproductions.

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Educational Resource Darfur Drawings Educational Resource Darfur Drawings (Text)