Malawi-born William Kamkwamba has become something of a celebrity, thanks in part to his book deal (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) and TED talk and movie. Yet the young man’s responses on ...

A lovely and thoughtful family film, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is a far cry from Marvel ... actor Chiwetel Ejiofor optioned the rights to William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer’s ...

William Kamkwamba found power ... dedication and quest for knowledge in his best-selling memoir, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, in 2009.

William Kamkwamba, the Malawian co-author of “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” and a public speaker whose TED talk has more than 3 million views, visited the school to dedicate a windmill he ...

Parents need to know that The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is based on the true story of William Kamkwamba (Maxwell Simba), a 13-year-old boy living in a small village in Malawi, Africa, who created a ...

Although it was first published in 2009, the ideas imparted in “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents ... autobiography shows author William Kamkwamba’s journey when, at age ...

William Kamkwamba, in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, recalled making good use of junkyard scraps to bring electricity to his drought- and famine-stricken Malawi village. Katherine Johnson, in ...

William Kamkwamba gained fame as a child inventor when at age 14 he used blue gum trees, bicycle parts and scrapyard materials to build a wind turbine that powered domestic appliances in his ...