Mohamed Hassim Keita and Caitlin Clarke/CPJ Africa Staff
Caitlin Clarke is a consultant in CPJ's Africa program.
The Malawian who harnessed the airwaves
After The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, the autobiography of ingenious 22-year-old William Kamkwamba’s homemade electric windmill in Malawi, comes “the boy who harnessed the airwaves” by building a radio station with rudimentary materials. The tale of 21-year-old Malawian Gabriel Kondesi also showcases the inventiveness spawned by life in this impoverished, landlocked nation in southeastern…