Stephen Davies

Welcome. My name is Stephen Davies and I am a children's author writing picture books, chapter books and teen novels. I have lived in Africa for ten years, working with World Horizons amongst Fulani cattle herders. My books are set in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

Month: November, 2011

‘Wild at Heart’ – the missing chapter

by Stephen Davies

For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here! (Henry V, act IV, scene iii) A World Horizons field leader attended a recent missions conference with [...]

Published: November 12, 2011 | Filed Under: Social Justice | Tags: : : : : : : : : : : :

Dubious priorities? Burkina Faso marks a disastrous harvest by purchasing three new war planes.

by Stephen Davies

My neighbours in Djibo, and people all over Burkina Faso, are talking about their government’s recent purchase of three warplanes at a cost of 10 million dollars each. It’s bad timing, at best. Harvests in Djibo have been miserable this year, due to a poor rainy season (July – September) and a massive invasion of [...]

Published: November 1, 2011 | Filed Under: Social Justice | Tags: : : : : : :