Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa dies at 81

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’s Caine Prize for African Writing, we’re giving you the opportunity to listen to extracts of the five stories shortlisted. Today’s reading is from "Grace Jones" by British-Nigerian writer Irenosen Okojie.

(Photo: Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa. Credit:Getty Images)