How Long to Read In Our Own Skins

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

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 51 minutes to read In Our Own Skins by Richard van der Ross

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

Description

The Coloured community of South Africa came into being after 1652, when the Dutch and, later, the British seeped into southern Africa's arid west, forming an uneasy alliance with the indigenous people. In the first unions between settlers and indigenous peoples, the Coloured people of the Cape flicker to life. Fast-forward to 1910, the Union of South Africa, which sees the Coloured people lose what little parliamentary representation they had under the British.In Our Own Skins is the extraordinary record of the Coloured community and its 84-year battle to regain the franchise, told through the eyes of uncompromising insider Richard van der Ross. 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.

How long is In Our Own Skins?

In Our Own Skins by Richard van der Ross is 167 pages long, and a total of 42,919 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% 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 3 hours and 54 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 10 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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