How long does it take to read Zikora?
Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie takes about 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 37 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2020. 34 pages, about 9,350 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Stunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, she turns to reflecting on her mother’s painful past and struggle for dignity. Preparing for motherhood, Zikora begins to see more clearly what her own mother wants for her, for her new baby, and for herself.
Subjects: Short Stories, Fiction, Contemporary, Feminism, Africa, Nigeria
