{"id":24736,"date":"2022-06-21T22:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T22:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/william-kamkwamba-visits-school-in-us"},"modified":"2022-06-21T22:28:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T22:28:32","slug":"william-kamkwamba-visits-school-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/william-kamkwamba-visits-school-in-us","title":{"rendered":"William Kamkwamba visits school in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>William Kamkwamba, the Malawian author behind \u201cThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind\u201d, on Monday visited Randolph Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina where the young reader\u2019s version of his book is part of the school curriculum.<\/p>\n

Sixth graders at Randolph use the book in their language arts class and on Monday they got a chance to meet the man behind the story. According to Charlotte Observer, Kamkwamba also visited the school to dedicate a small windmill he made at the school in Charlotte, the city where his wife Olivia Scott Kamkwamba went to high school.<\/p>\n

During the visit, Kamkwamba signed the students\u2019 copies of his book which talks about the struggles he faced to access education and how he used locally available materials to build a windmill in his village in Kasungu. The book was adapted into a Netflix film with the same title in 2019.<\/p>\n

One of the students, Elizabeth Crimmins, 12, said she learned from the book about persistence. \u201cI learned that no matter what other people say, to always continue to never give up,\u201d Crimmins told The Charlotte Observer.<\/p>\n

Wright Britt, 12, said he enjoyed Kamkwamba\u2019s book mainly because science is his favourite subject in school. He added that the lesson he learned from the book is that it is important to always ask questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you think that you\u2019re asking too much, you never really are. You just (have to) try to learn as much as you can, always,\u201d Britt said.<\/p>\n

Kamkwamba made the small windmill in Charlotte by hand and he expressed hope that it will serve as a reminder of the powerful combination of hard work and curiosity.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think it helps young people know that they can have challenges, but they\u2019re still going to be able to achieve so many good things in life,\u201d he said. \u201c(I want it to show) that they shouldn\u2019t be doubting themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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