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BBC News Malawi Windmill Boy with Big Fans

BBC News Malawi Windmill Boy with Big Fans

A Malawian teenager, William Kamkwamba, taught himself how to build a windmill from books he read in the library. That is how he was able to light up his village and also power irrigation pumps.

William Kamkwamba and one of his windmills

 Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy - people thought I was smoking marijuana 

William Kamkwamba

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