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How to pronounce William Kamkwamba: kam-kwarmba (the word means a piece of fabric in Malawi)
A video in which William Kamkwamba explains how, as a teenager in rural Malawi, he came to build a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his entire community - a story told in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
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