Book Review: Spirit Boy

Spirit Boy, by Paul Apowida

Publisher Silvertail Books, London

Published in 2013

ISBN 978-1-909269-12-5

Paul Apowida was born in Ghana in 1985. He is a soldier in the British Army with the 1^st Battalion, the Rifles. In 2011 he served a tour duty in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

When Paul Apowida was a baby, his parents and several family members died suddenly. His petrified community in northern Ghana believed Paul was an evil spirit responsible for the deaths – in line with their deep-rooted cultural beliefs. Their fear was that if he was allowed to live, the ‘Spirit Boy’ would strike again. So Paul was poisoned