The Boy Who Harnessed the Library
- October 9th, 2009
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Last night I watched a truly inspiring interview on the Daily Show in which John Stewart interviewed a young man from Malawi named William Kamkwamba, who built a windmill to generate electricity for his village after reading a textbook he found in his local library.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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This is one of those stories that demonstrates the transformative power of libraries and universal access to information.