麻豆社

The winner of this year's Caine Prize for African Writing will be announced next week.

Kenyan-Somali writer Abdul Adan is among the five shortlisted authors. His short story, The Lifebloom Gift, is set in America and reflects on the magical powers of a character called Ted Lifebloom.

The 麻豆社's Solomon Mugera reads an excerpt.

(Photo: A man reading a book. Credit: 麻豆社 Africa.)