The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Inspired and inspiring young man from Africa William Kamkwamba. Watched him on The Daily Show just now.

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I dropped by Anton's blog as I tend to do every day and saw something that caught my eye in his side-bar SugarCubes - an amazing story about William Kamkwamba, a 19 year old boy in Malawi who had to quit school because his family did not have money. So, he started teaching himself from books. And…
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