It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Unmasking the State by Mike McGovern
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958, one of the first policies of the new state was a village-to-village eradication of masks and other ritual objects it deemed “fetishes.” The Demystification Program, as it was called, was so urgent it even preceded the building of a national road system. In Unmasking the State, Mike McGovern attempts to understand why this program was so important to the emerging state and examines the complex role it had in creating a unified national identity. In doing so, he tells a dramatic story of cat and mouse where minority groups cling...
Unmasking the State by Mike McGovern is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Unmasking the State aloud.
Unmasking the State is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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