The African: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The African runs 13.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Francis James (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Francis James
Peter Francis James narrates 40 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 516 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
4,868 Romance 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
The African is an audiobook by Harold Courlander: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Francis James, released April 22, 2011, on the Romance shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Francis James
- Released
- April 22, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance
- ISBN
- 9781461809937
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The African as an audiobook?
The African runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is The African free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The African?
The African is narrated by Peter Francis James.
Is The African worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.