William Kamkwamba Quotes

I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept.

William Kamkwamba

• Father
• Accepting
• Fields
• Dry

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  William Kamkwamba
  • Father
  • Accepting
  • Fields