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William Kamkwamba was fourteen years old when famine came to his small town in Malawi, a small country in Africa. When his father couldn't afford to send him to school, he visited a library and started reading about electricity. When he learned that a generator and a motor have the same parts, he attached the motor from a cassette player to a small pinwheel and discovered that he could power a small radio with the wind.
He then realized that with enough electricity, he could provide lights at night without buying expensive kerosene, and more importantly, provide water to provide for a second crop each year to prevent famine. He built his wind generator from scrap and eventually accomplished both aims.
Bryan Mealer helps William tell his story in the first person. William tells the story of famine in a way only a victim can remember. His insights into the vanity of spiritism show wisdom beyond his years. His understanding of how his corrupt government caused and lengthened the famine is keen. Eye-opening book. William's TED lecture is also worth seeing.
Review by J.David Knepper at http://www.ahavabaptist.com/reviews/reviews.htm#boy
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Africa, Malawi, windmill, electricity, boy, wind, starvation, TED, New York Times bestseller, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2011-07-23, Windmills, Water-supply, Rural, Rural conditions, Electric power production, Rural electrification, Inventors, Water-supply, rural, Africa, rural conditions, Water-supply, africaPeople
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.)
July 27, 2010, Harper Perennial
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Source title: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (Young Reader's Edition) (Turtleback Binding Edition)
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