The proverb from William Kamkwamba’s grandmother lit a fire in him to strive to take action himself to create solutions. From a very young age, the Malawi native’s mind was always filled with ...

The story of Malawian teenager William Kamkwamba is candy for the Western imagination: In 2001, the 14-year-old Kamkwamba dropped out of school and picked up a library book about harnessing ...

Last night [Jon Stewart] interviewed [William Kamkwamba] on The Daily Show. [William] is the young man from Malawi who at the age of 14 built a windmill generator out of discarded items. Now at 22 ...

At age 14, amateur inventor William Kamkwamba taught himself to build a windmill that could deliver power to his family's property in Malawi, earning the remarkable teen an invitation to share his ...

Director Ben Nabors and principal cast members William Kamkwamba and Tom Rielly answered a few audience questions Monday – a day after the world premiere of William and the Windmill, which took the ...

William and the Windmill, a movie that brings to life the events that catapulted a Kasungu primary school dropout to international stardom, opens today in Canada. The film launched Friday night at ...

At age 14, amateur inventor William Kamkwamba taught himself to build a windmill that could deliver power to his family’s property in Malawi, earning the remarkable teen an invitation to share his ...

William Kamkwamba seized an opportunity when famine destroyed his Malawian village's livelihood. After dropping out of school due to a lack of foods and funds, teenage William found a photograph of a ...

For many of us, our passion for electronics and science originated with curiosity about some device, a computer, radio, or even a car. The subject of this book has just such an origin. However, how ...

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The SXSW grand-jury doc prize went to Ben Nabors' look at a teen inventor's newfound celebrity. By THR Staff AUSTIN — When the story of Malawi teenager William Kamkwamba — who responded to being too ...