Capture the Sun

“A tale of survival under harsh and poor conditions; A house’s capacity based on side by side sleeping like sardines in a can; A poor child with twin young siblings; A lot of physical work (including child labor) required to put fresh food on the table; A child identifies with parents’ circumstances/predicament and remains nonjudgmental; Dealing with childhood tragedies in and outside the family; Brings out the cultural and economic developmental differences between a foreign land and the USA; Navigating through and triumphing over complex first world  educational and professional success parameters; Achieving a lifestyle worth living anywhere in the world.”  Capture the Sun chronicles first, the life story of an African young man growing up poor in his native third world land and second, getting an opportunity to improve himself by being educated in a first world country. It is about the difficulty of translating the culture and work ethic of a peasant farming family background into achieving success at one of the highest engineering institutions of learning in the world. After graduation, the author embarks on a successful award-winning career developing and building complex machines around the world. He rises to become a leader as an engineering executive in a global, industry dominating, company.

Joshua Zulu BSc., MBA., PE., 6 Sigma MBB., retired from Caterpillar Inc. as an Engineering Manager. He received the Excellence-in-Design award from Design News magazine for his 1995 invention of a Gearless Hydro-Mechanical Transmission. He is dedicated to promoting education for the poor.