by William Kamkwamba | Jul 15, 2007 | General
In one week I will finish my second trimester of first form (freshman year of high school) at Madisi Secondary [Boarding] School in Madisi, Malawi, about one hour south from my home towards the capital city of Lilongwe. I am very grateful to all the teachers including...
by William Kamkwamba | Jul 15, 2007 | General
Steve Sharra, Ph.D. writes for Global Voices and his blog Afrika AphukiraSteve Sharra wrote about me last week. He was also mentored by Dr. Hartford Mchazime, Ph.D. I spoke to him last week on the phone for the first time. He lives in Lansing Michigan in the United...
by William Kamkwamba | Jul 15, 2007 | General
Steve Sharra, Ph.D. writes the amazing blog about Malawi called afrika-aphukira: "Midwiving the Afrikan rebirth. . . Views of Afrika and the world, on the path to the renaissance, from a social justice and an Afrikan epistemological perspective–uMunthu....
by William Kamkwamba | Jul 15, 2007 | General
Lots of people have asked, "where do you live exactly?" It’s about 2 1/2 hours north of the capital city of Lilongwe in Malawi. You can fly there in Google Earth (free download). Here is the link to my village: Wimbe. Where I live as seen in Google...
by William Kamkwamba | Jul 12, 2007 | General
One of my goals for some time has been to build a more powerful windmill to pump water to irrigate a vegetable garden for my family, and eventually our crops of maize, beans and ground nuts (Americans call them peanuts). Maize (corn) and ground nuts in combination...
