William Kamkwamba: the Don Quijote of Africa

They call William Kamkwamba "the boy who harnessed the wind." At 14, after dropping out of school, the African boy in a rural Malawi village taught himself how electricity works, and built a windmill from scraps and pieces of a bicycle. AFPTV talks to him in Washington as he tours around the US to promote his recently published biography. Duration: 01:38 ... WEB US AFRICA OFFBEAT WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT
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