How long does it take to read African Oral Literature?
backgrounds, character, and continuity
African Oral Literature by Isidore Okpewho takes about 7 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 392 pages, about 107,800 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Oral tradition, History and criticism, Africa, Folklore, africa
