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.

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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: : : : : : : :