It takes the average reader 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Sharpeville by Tom Lodge
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
On 21 March 1960 several hundred black Africans were injured and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, protesting against the Apartheid regime's racist 'pass' laws. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africa's Apartheid policies. The events at Sharpeville deeply affected the attitudes of both black and white in South Africa and provided a major stimulus to the development of an international 'Anti-Apartheid'...
Sharpeville by Tom Lodge is 448 pages long, and a total of 115,584 words.
This makes it 151% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 31 minutes to read Sharpeville aloud.
Sharpeville is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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