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Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance by Mark Whitaker

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Prentice Onayemi (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.5listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.5 hours of listening.

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30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance is an audiobook by Mark Whitaker: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Prentice Onayemi, released January 30, 2018, on the The Americas and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.5 hrs
Narrated by
Prentice Onayemi
Released
January 30, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, History & Culture
ISBN
9781538512135

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance audiobook?

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance?

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance is narrated by Prentice Onayemi.

Is Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.