The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor William Kamkwamba was born in1987 in Dowa, Malawi, and grew up on his family farm in Masitala Village, Wimbe, two and half hours northeast of Malawi's capital city. The second eldest of seven children, William has six sisters. He currently lives in Malawi but has been sponsored to study at international schools and colleges in Cambridge, UK and Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2014, William Kamkwamba received his 4 year degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Klappentext Aged just 14-years old, Kamkwamba was told he had to leave school to work on the family farm, as they could no longer afford the tuition fees. Refusing to give up his education, he resorted to borrowing books, and eventually learnt how to build windmills and generate electricity - this is his inspiring story. Zusammenfassung NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX

Product details

• Authors: Willia Kamkwamba, William Kamkwamba, Kamkwamba William, Bryan Mealer, Grace Nichols
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.03.2010
• EAN: 9780007316199
• ISBN: 978-0-00-731619-9
• No. of pages: 273
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Afrika : Berichte, Erinnerungen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, Malawi, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology