In 1975, Ibrahim El Salahi was put into prison in Sudan. During his twenty-five minute breaks outside, he would draw in the dirt with a sharpened toothbrush. Back in his cell, he would think about what to draw in that short time. When he was released six months later, he was thrown into the middle of Sudan’s first civil war. When the war was over, he thought about the drawings in the dirt that he had made in prison. Using these thoughts and his experience in the war, he made a nine panel work of art called The Inevitable. The Inevitable represents people who fight against tyranny. It is meant to represent people who fight for what they know is right. In other words, The Inevitable is meant to represent injustice. Ibrahim El Salahi painted
