Entries for the 'Darfur' Category

Adam Moussa was born in Bindi See in West Darfur. Since 2004 he and his family have been dislocated to a refugee camp in Chad. His translations and interviews for The Devil Came on Horseback provided some of the most powerful testimony for that film and the entire movement to publicize the on-going genocide in Darfur. This interview was filmed in a refugee camp in Eastern Chad for the award-winning documentary... More

Umsha, 15, and Zeynep, 20, are sisters from southern Darfur. They have four brothers and four sisters, and Umsha has two children. In their village, they grew millet, tomatoes, yams and onions. They had 100 cows, 150 goats, 10 donkeys and 3 horses. The janjaweed came on camels and horses at one in the morning. The family heard helicopters and guns. The janjaweed burned the houses. Their fire came from matches. The... More

Aisha and Zainep are sisters from Donkey Desera in south Darfur. In Donkey Desera, theirs was a farming family, with four donkeys, seven goats, and one hundred chickens. They used to sell their goods at the local souk. One morning, they woke up to the sound of donkeys screaming. It was 5 am. They heard men enter the village on camels, they heard them setting fire to the houses and farms. They heard helicopters, they ... More