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William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987, in Kasungu, Malawi), is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Kasungu , using blue gum trees , bicycle parts, and materials ...
Born in Kasungu, Malawi, William Kamkwamba is a young schoolboy who comes from a family of farmers who live in the nearby village of Wimbe.William has a talent for fixing radios for his friends and neighbours and spends his free time looking through the local junkyard for salvageable electronic components.
Bryan Mealer (born 1974) is an American journalist and author. [1] He is the author of four books: All Things Must Fight to Live about his experiences covering war in the Congo, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (with inventor William Kamkwamba), Muck City about high school football in a rural African American communities in Florida, and The Kings of Big Spring about his family history in Texas.
In Malawi, young inventor William Kamkwamba has, through self-learning, brought electricity to his village. In 1930s Britain, waking up to a cup of warm tea was made possible though the introduction of an automatic tea maker called the 'teasmade'.
In 2019, Banda appeared in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, based on the memoir by William Kamkwamba. She played Annie Kamkwamba. She also starred as Aicha Konate in the second season of the TV series Deep State in 2019. Her character is a Malian interpreter who is ambushed and supposedly killed.
These days, William Zabka plays Johnny Lawrence on 'Cobra Kai'—but you've seen the actor before! Here's what to know about his career, family, and more.
His African filmography includes The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) a drama film that he wrote, directed, and starred in, based on the memoir by William Kamkwamba, and Half of a Yellow Sun, based on the novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Adil El Fadili (b June 26, 1970) is a Moroccan director, producer, screenwriter, and editor.
A prominent voice in the “effective altruism” movement, MacAskill has served as Sam Bankman-Fried’s mentor.