The story and illustrations in this book were created while the author was on safari during Christmastime in Africa. She was learning Swahili and was also fascinated by the Sausage Tree. As they bumped along the red dirt road watching baboons and all kinds of animals, the land whispered the tale in her ear.
Stephen Satchell is a Fellow of Trinity College, the Reader in Financial Econometrics at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor at Birkbeck College, City University Business School and University of Technology, Sydney. He provides consultancy for a range of city institutions in the broad area of quantitative finance. He has published papers in many journals and has a particular interest in risk.