How Long to Read The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 10 minutes to read The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future by Harper, Charles R.

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

Description

This is the story of the dramatic clandestine escape, in June of 1961, of sixty African students from Portugal across Spain and into France. Most were Angolan intellectuals. Some were from Mozambique and others from Guinea-Bissau, the Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé-and-Principe. Soon after the first anti-colonial armed rebellions broke out in Angola (March 1961), the student community in Portugal suffered increasing harassment by the Portuguese political police. Passports were confiscated and some arrests of suspected student leaders occurred. Many students - men and women - decided to flee Portugal illegally. It was risky business. False passports from friendly African countries had to be found, contacts set up for night border crossings into Franco's Spain, and then overland transportation to France. Some of the students, graduates of North American and British missionary schools in Africa, appealed to the World Council of Churches in Geneva to help them escape. The challenge was accepted by the French Protestant service agency CIMADE. The successful operation makes for exciting reading. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 7.9px Arial} This updated edition includes recollections of African heads of government who participated in the Great Escape.

How long is The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future?

The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future by Harper, Charles R. is 130 pages long, and a total of 32,500 words.

This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 57 minutes to read The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future aloud.

What Reading Level is The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future?

The Great Escape That Changed Africa's Future 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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