The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope is William Kamkwamba’s autobiography. The memoir was released in 2009 and documents William's journey as he moves away from the traditional superstitions seeped into his culture and starts to discover the power of science. Much of this occurs due to necessity: in 2002, a famine swept Malwai, killing thousands of people. William is forced to drop out of school and undertakes a rigorous independent study course to distract himself from his hunger and so as to not let his mind "go soft." At the library, William discovers American textbooks on energy and physics. He learns about wind energy and decides to build a...
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