You may have heard about William Kamkwamba and how, no longer able to afford to go to school, he went instead to the library, and after a long time tinkering with pieces of junk managed to make a windmill to produce electricity for his village in Malawi.
I saw his great TED talks about it:
Now I see (via the excellent brainpickings.org) that the story has been made into an illustrated children’s book. And, what’s more, you can read it online.
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egotoagrimi said
I didn’t know the video! No one better to tell a story than an African!