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William Kamkwamba: The African Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
This is the extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk. He has co-authored a new book titled, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
"William Kamkwamba was born in Malawia a country plagued by poverty. In 2002 William was forced to drop out of school because his family could not afford the $80/month tuition. However he continued to learn and to dream. Armed with determination and a few old science textbooks William embarked on a daring plan to build a windmill that could bring his family the electricity only two percent of Malawians can afford."
As black people in America, we have no excuses as to why we don't have thousands of stories similar to this one.
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Master P Tries TV
Ever the entrepreneur, Master P... err.. Percival Miller has decided to enter the realm of television and technology. His new venture "BetterBlackTV" is directly targeting the BET audience, with a more positive message to promote. Here's what his publicists had to say:
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Lebron James On The Cover Of Time Magazine
Time Magazine is gearing up for the '08 Olympics and national pride placing Lebron James on the cover. This year, the US plans on accepting nothing short of the gold medal.
"The '92 Olympic hoops squad of Magic, Michael and Larry was "the Dream Team." The nickname du jour for '08: "the Redeem Team." "For us, it's now or never," says James. "It's the gold, or it's failure." ..
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Will Smith is Highest-Paid Actor
This might be the first time that a brother is holding down this position. We will be doing our home work on this on, but according to Forbes, Will earned $80 million between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008. Keep doing your thing Will and feel free to hit us up for an interview. Eddie Murphy came in the #3 spot with $55 million earned in the same time period.
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shaking-up things across the globe and achieving new levels of political and economical access and success. Check out our new Blog Category "From the Bottom to the Top" for daily stories about what Black men are here in the U.S. and across the globe.
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Obama Leads McCain Among Single Women
According to a recent poll, Senator Obama leads McCain 61-29 among single women in battleground states. We wonder why???
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