A twelve year old boy turned on a switch and watched light flood his dark classroom—in a town where nobody had ever seen electric light before, he shouted that he wanted to become an electrical engineer when he grew up. Chuks I. Ndukwe’s innocent utterance seemed little more than a fantasy because his family could not fund his education beyond primary school. Suddenly everything changed; his teacher helped him gain admission to tuition-free technical high school where he won a scholarship to a technical college. In this captivating, inspirational memoir, The Courage To Aspire, he recounts vividly the moments and acts of love, kindness, and encouragement that put him on the path to success