The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Characters

main character; creates the windmill

William's father; becomes a farmer after a long life of trading, starts to not be able to provide for William and the family doesn't make fun of William

William's mother

William's cousin and close friend; he has to drop out of school to work in the field after his father died; gets sick during the famine but has to search for ganyu to support his family

William's close friend; son of Chief Wimbe, attends secondary school with William, provides the PVC pipes and purchases materials such as the dynamo and screws, nuts, and bolts

Owner of a convenience store

Geoffrey's father, died of tuberculosis

William's older sister

One of the hired workers on William's father's plot that attributes his strength to mangolomera

Mister Phiri's nephew who boasted about being a sing'anga and possessing mangolomera; he ripped William off

William's uncle who lost his job and moved back to William's village after Uncle John died; brings Khamba with him

William's pet dog and hunting partner

William's older cousin by a few years