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William Kamkwamba: How I Built My Family a Windmill: TEDGlobal 2007 Video

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William Kamkwamba

When he was just 14 years old, Malawian

inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an

electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working

from rough plans he found in a library book. In conversation

with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Kamkwamba, now 19, tells a

moving story of ingenuity and adaptation, and shares his

dreams for the future.

 

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