How Long to Read Taifa

How Long Does it Take to Read Taifa?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Taifa by James R. Brennan

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

Description

Winner of the 2013 Ogot Award for best book on East African Studies (sponsored by the African Studies Association) Taifa is a story of African intellectual agency, but it is also an account of how nation and race emerged out of the legal, social, and economic histories in one major city, Dar es Salaam. Nation and race — both translatable as taifa in Swahili — were not simply universal ideas brought to Africa by European colonizers, as previous studies assume. They were instead categories crafted by local African thinkers to make sense of deep inequalities, particularly those between local Africans and Indian immigrants. Taifa shows how nation and race became the key political categories to guide colonial and postcolonial life in this African city. Using deeply researched archival and oral evidence, Taifa transforms our understanding of urban history and shows how concerns about access to credit and housing became intertwined with changing conceptions of nation and nationhood. Taifa gives equal attention to both Indians and Africans; in doing so, it demonstrates the significance of political and economic connections between coastal East Africa and India during the era of British colonialism, and illustrates how the project of racial nationalism largely severed these connections by the 1970s.

How long is Taifa?

Taifa by James R. Brennan is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Taifa Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Taifa aloud.

What Reading Level is Taifa?

Taifa 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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