How Long to Read Africa and the West: A Documentary History

How Long Does it Take to Read Africa and the West: A Documentary History?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 24 minutes to read Africa and the West: A Documentary History by William H. Worger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Africa and the West presents a fascinating array of primary sources to engage readers in the history of Africa's long and troubled relationship with the West. Many of the sources have not previously appeared in print, or in books readily available to students. Volume 1 covers two major topics: the Atlantic slave trade and the European conquest. It details the beginnings of the slave trade, slavery as a business, the experiences of slaves, and the effect of abolitionism on the trade, using such documents as a letter from a sixteenth-century African king to the king of Portugal calling for a more regulated slave trade, and the nineteenth-century testimony of a South African slave accused of treason. The volume also covers the early nineteenth-century considerations of the costs and benefits of colonization, the development of conquest as the century progressed, with special attention to technology, legislation, empire, religion, racism, and violence, through such unusual documents as Cecil Rhodes's will and a chart of the costs of African animals exported to Western zoos.

How long is Africa and the West: A Documentary History?

Africa and the West: A Documentary History by William H. Worger is 322 pages long, and a total of 81,144 words.

This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Africa and the West: A Documentary History Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 23 minutes to read Africa and the West: A Documentary History aloud.

What Reading Level is Africa and the West: A Documentary History?

Africa and the West: A Documentary History is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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