Stephen Davies

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

Tag: development

Cyanide in the Reservoir – but who cares?

by Stephen Davies

On 29 July a truck full of cyanide heading to the Inata gold mine in the north of Burkina Faso overturned at Djibo dam. The Inata mine is owned 90% by British gold mining company Avocet and 10% by the government of Burkina Faso. Simon Cross, Keith Smith, Greg Valerio and others continue to call [...]

Published: August 29, 2011 | Filed Under: Gold mining | Tags: : : : : : : : :

Cyanide accident at Djibo dam in Burkina Faso: will the gold mines kill us before they save us? (Part 3)

by Stephen Davies

On 29 July 2011 a truck carrying 40 tonnes of cyanide heading for the Inata gold mine overturned at Djibo dam. Some of the cyanide got out. The only casualties so far have been fish, but my burning question is this: could it happen again? If Avocet Mining (London), Samsung (Korea) and Vehrad (Ghana) do [...]

Published: August 20, 2011 | Filed Under: Gold mining | Tags: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

Friends of African Village Libraries

by Stephen Davies

Pierre-Claver Ilboudo talked the other day about making books more accessible. Well, here are some people who are doing just that. Friends of African Village Libraries are doing some great work to raise the profile of books and literacy here in Burkina Faso. They take buildings donated by the community and turn them into libraries, [...]

Published: December 21, 2010 | Filed Under: FILO 2010 | Tags: : : : :
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