William Kamkwamba
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William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor and author best known for building a wind turbine from scrap materials as a teenager to power his village, a story told in his memoir "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Kamkwamba canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1987 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
African Leadership Academy
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Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| familyName | Kamkwamba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
renewable energy
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rural development ⓘ wind power ⓘ |
| genre | memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
promoting access to education
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promoting renewable energy solutions in rural communities ⓘ |
| hasGivenTalkAt |
TED
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various international conferences ⓘ |
| hasOccupationRole | protagonist of his own memoir ⓘ |
| hasRole | role model for young inventors in Africa ⓘ |
| hasWritten | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | need for electricity and water in his village ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for education and innovation in Africa
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bringing electricity to his village in Malawi ⓘ building a wind turbine from scrap materials ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Chichewa
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English ⓘ |
| name | William Kamkwamba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Malawian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
built a wind turbine from scrap materials as a teenager
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co-authored a bestselling memoir ⓘ helped bring irrigation and water pumping to his village using wind power ⓘ provided electricity to his family home using a homemade windmill ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ motivational speaker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kasungu District
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Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Malawi
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United States of America ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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film adaptation of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind ⓘ |
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