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.

Category: Social Justice

One of my FAVLourite organisations in Africa

by Stephen Davies

More than two years ago I blogged enthusiastically about the work of FAVL (Friends of African Village Libraries) in Burkina Faso and elsewhere in Africa. This morning I had the pleasure of finally meeting Michael Kevane (pictured above right) and Krystle Austin, and seeing the new RWA (Reading West Africa) books which are now available [...]

Published: May 4, 2013 | Filed Under: Picture Books, Social Justice, Writing Tips | Tags: : : :

Timbuktu to Mopti – what became of the Mali I love?

by Stephen Davies

Both in my picture books and in my teen fiction, I have written about the Malian towns of Timbuktu and Mopti. In THE GOGGLE-EYED GOATS Al Haji Amadou makes the trip from Timbuktu to Mopti overland to sell his five naughty goats. In HACKING TIMBUKTU the unscrupulous fugitive Moktar Hasim comandeers a fishing boat and [...]

Published: August 28, 2012 | Filed Under: Gaddafi Burkina Faso, Hacking Timbuktu, Social Justice, YA books | Tags: : : : : : : : : :

A Day in the Life of a Garibou

by Stephen Davies

A few years ago I wrote an article for Nthposition entitled Garibous of God – a shapshot of the lives of young Qur’anic students in the north of Burkina Faso. This year I made a five-minute documentary in a similar vein, following two ten year-old garibous through a typical day – and night.

Published: August 21, 2012 | Filed Under: Social Justice | Tags: : : : : : : :

Free Powerpoint download: An Introduction to Social Justice

by Stephen Davies

Download An Introduction to Social Justice This is a powerpoint presentation which I used recently in teaching the subject of Social Justice on the Equipping for Service training programme at the Centre For the Nations in Llanelli. This is a Powerpoint presentation in ppt format. I hope it can be of some use to group [...]

Published: April 29, 2012 | Filed Under: Social Justice | Tags: : : : :

Producing and selling African crafts: dos and don’ts

by Stephen Davies

Back in January I blogged about the launch of SAHEL design, an exciting new craft label which is both traditional and innovative. ‘Style with roots’ is the tagline for the label. The techniques used for producing West African reins, girths and tassles are centuries old, yet the applications Charlie Davies has found for them are [...]

Published: April 4, 2012 | Filed Under: Social Justice