How long does it take to read African Short Stories?
Chinua Achebe, C. L. Innes, Ousmane Sembène, Ama Ata Aidoo, Odun Balogun, David Owoyele, Jomo Kenyatta, Grace Ogot, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Leonard Kibera, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, Alifa Rifaat, Tayeb Salih, Mohammed El-Bisatie, B. L. Honwana, Nadine Gordimer, Ahmed Essop, Dambudzo Marechera, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Bessie Head, Mafika Pascal Gwala
African Short Stories by Chinua Achebe, C. L. Innes, Ousmane Sembène, Ama Ata Aidoo, Odun Balogun, David Owoyele, Jomo Kenyatta, Grace Ogot, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Leonard Kibera, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, Alifa Rifaat, Tayeb Salih, Mohammed El-Bisatie, B. L. Honwana, Nadine Gordimer, Ahmed Essop, Dambudzo Marechera, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Bessie Head, Mafika Pascal Gwala takes about 3 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 168 pages, about 46,200 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A collection of stories by African writers which deal with life and customs in African society.
Subjects: Short stories, African (English), Short stories, african, Social life and customs, African Short stories, Fiction, English Short stories
