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“It was common for my father to sit my sisters down and tell them things like, "I saw a girl working in the bank in town, and she was a girl just like you." My parents had never completed primary school. They couldn't speak English or even read that well. My parents only knew the language of numbers, buying and selling, but they wanted more for their kids. That's why my father had scraped the money together and kept Annie in school, despite the famine and other troubles.”

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Book:The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

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William Kamkwamba
William Kamkwamba

William Kamkwamba, born on August 5, 1987, is an inventor and engineer from Malawi. He gained fame for his creation of a windmill using scrap materials and self-taught knowledge in rural Malawi, which brought electricity to his village. more

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