How Long to Read In Our Own Skins

How Long Does it Take to Read In Our Own Skins?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read In Our Own Skins by R. E. Van der Ross

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

Description

The Cape, 1652: Europe and Africa collide. As the Dutch and, later, the British seep into southern Africas arid west, they form an uneasy alliance with the indigenous San, Khoi and Griqua people. In the first unions between settlers and indigenous peoples, the Coloured people of the Cape flicker to life. But events thousands of miles away are soon to upset this tenuous balance of power. Slavery and its moral and religious hegemony quickly demonises interracial unions; in the spat between the Dutch and British over the Capes huge strategic value, the Khoi, San, Griqua and nascent Coloured populations are trampled underfoot. With literal and ideological muzzle-loaders blazing, the British and Afrikaners rampage through two wars that culminate in another type of union in 1910 -- the Union of South Africa -- which sees the Coloured people losing what little parliamentary representation they had under the British. This is the extraordinary story of a small but proud groups 84-year battle to regain the franchise, told through the eyes of an uncompromising insider. From the Stone meetings, conducted from a boulder on a windswept District Six hillside, to a petition carried, torch-like, to faraway London in 1909, it maps a trajectory of loss -- and of restoration. Its rich cast -- among others, the Glasgow-educated Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, his fiery daughter Cissie Gool, the Ghanaian FZS Peregrino, Jimmy and Alex la Guma and Labour Party stalwart Allan Hendrickse -- plays a leading role in pulling the Coloured people through the post-colonial morass that is South Africa up to 1994 and beyond and proudly placing them, fully represented, in the Cabinet of Nelson Mandela -- one of the most iconic leaders the world has ever known.

How long is In Our Own Skins?

In Our Own Skins by R. E. Van der Ross is 216 pages long, and a total of 55,296 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Our Own Skins Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 2 minutes to read In Our Own Skins aloud.

What Reading Level is In Our Own Skins?

In Our Own Skins 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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