How long does it take to read Orixás?
Orixás by Pierre Verger takes about 5 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 294 pages, about 80,850 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The new edition of the book comes with new graphic design, and unpublished photos inserted, in addition to a preface by Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, Ialorixá do Axé Opô Afonjá. The book is the outcome of Pierre Fátúmbí Verger's constant travels to Africa between the years 1948 and 1965 and presents texts and illustrations that discuss and show certain aspects of the worship of the orixás, deities of the Yorubás, in their places of origin, in Africa (Nigeria, ex-Dahomey and Togo) and in the New World (Brazil and the Antilles), where they were taken for 150 years (1700 to 1850) as slaves.
Subjects: Gods, Yoruba, Orishas, Africa, West, Yoruba Gods, West Africa, Religiao (africa)
