The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Rural electrification
Windmills
Electric power production
Electric power
Africa, biography
Inventors, juvenile literature
Irrigation
Engineers
People & Places
Science & Technology
Science & Nature
Africa
Inventors
Rural conditions
Technology
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Design and construction
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
New York Times bestseller
Social conditions
Nonfiction
General
Juvenile literature
Biography
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. But William had read about windmills in a book called Using Energy, and he dreamed of buildin…
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