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: : : : : : : :

Robot drone operators are immune to conscience

by Stephen Davies

My latest novel OUTLAW contained several scenes in the heart of Predator Ground Control at a secret airbase. A Predator pilot and sensor operator are preparing to launch a Hellfire missile on a suspected terrorist camp in the Sahara Desert. One of them has struggles with conscience, the other appears not to. I read a [...]

Published: September 23, 2011 | Filed Under: Outlaw, YA books | Tags: : : : : : : :