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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One week’s wages to buy a book

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Am negotiating the sale of ‘Albino Camel’ book rights with an African publisher here at FILO. Sticking point: he is proposing a cover price of 11,000 CFA – that’s almost 15 pounds sterling. Bear in mind that a typical day wage for unskilled labour here in Ouagadougou is 1,000 CFA and you’ll see what the [...]

Published: December 20, 2010 | Filed Under: FILO 2010 | Tags: : :

FILO 2010

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This week I’m blogging from Ouagadougou’s International book festival – the ‘Foire Internationale du Livre de Ouagadougou’ (FILO). I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time. It’s hardly Frankfurt but it still has a certain buzz. The most interesting speech at the opening ceremony yesterday was from Pierre-Claver Ilboudo, who exhorted all writers [...]

Published: December 19, 2010 | Filed Under: FILO 2010 | Tags: : : : : :