Sankofa: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sankofa audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Sara Powell (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sara Powell
Sara Powell narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 255 hours in all.
- In Every Mirror She’s Black
- When I Was Invisible: A powerful novel about missed opportunities from the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls
- Evelyn Dove: Britain’s Black Cabaret Queen
- A Better Tomorrow: Life Lessons in Hope and Strength
- All Men Want to Know: 'Intense, gorgeous, troubling, seductive' SARAH WATERS
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,788 Literary Fiction 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
Sankofa is an audiobook by Chibundu Onuzo: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Sara Powell, released October 5, 2021, on the Literary Fiction and Celebrity Bookclub Picks shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sara Powell
- Released
- October 5, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Celebrity Bookclub Picks
- ISBN
- 9781666153408
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sankofa audiobook?
Sankofa runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Sankofa audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Sankofa?
Sankofa is narrated by Sara Powell.