Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War audiobook runs 16.8 hours unabridged, narrated by James Fouhey (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 16.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Fouhey
James Fouhey narrates 425 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,137 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
339 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War is an audiobook by Howard W. French: a 16.8-hour unabridged recording, read by James Fouhey, released April 12, 2022, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Fouhey
- Released
- April 12, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781696606943
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War audiobook?
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War runs 16.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.
Is the Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War audiobook free?
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Who narrates Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War?
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War is narrated by James Fouhey.
Is Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.