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William Kamkwamba's The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
This characterization is about William Kamkwamba from the text "Electric wind", which is abridged from "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.
William Kamkwamba is an African man who wanted to become a scientist from an early age, but his dream was soon crushed because after primary school, his father couldn't afford school anymore.
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