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Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has died aged 81 at a hospital in the main city of Dar es Salaam where he had been receiving treatment, the government confirmed on Friday.

During the next two weeks, we're marking what would have been the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by hearing from some of the continent's greatest Olympians.

Ahead of this year鈥檚 Caine Prize for African Writing, we鈥檙e giving you the opportunity to listen to extracts of the five stories shortlisted. Today鈥檚 reading is from "Grace Jones" by British-Nigerian writer Irenosen Okojie.