Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa audiobook runs 18.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Mark Mathabane (about 12.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 18.6 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
221 History & Culture 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
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa is an audiobook by Mark Mathabane: a 18.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Mathabane, released June 28, 2012, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Mathabane
- Released
- June 28, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781483076904
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa audiobook?
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa runs 18.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.4 hours.
Is the Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa audiobook free?
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Who narrates Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa?
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa is narrated by Mark Mathabane.
Is Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.4 hours, saving 6.2 hours.