The Africans: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Africans runs 18.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nelson Runger (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 20,247 History audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nelson Runger
Nelson Runger narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,024 hours in all.
About as long, on the History shelf
1,172 History audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
- A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0
- The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
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 Africans is an audiobook by David Lamb: a 18.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Nelson Runger, released May 22, 2009, on the Africa shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nelson Runger
- Released
- May 22, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Africa
- ISBN
- 9781428198647
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Africans as an audiobook?
The Africans runs 18.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.
Is The Africans free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Africans?
The Africans is narrated by Nelson Runger.
Is The Africans worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.2 hours.