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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 Â鶹Éç's Solomon Mugera reads an excerpt. (Photo: A man reading a book. Credit: Â鶹Éç Africa.)