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The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Miebaka Yohannes (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf

287 Tough Topics 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 Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person is an audiobook by Frederick Joseph: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Miebaka Yohannes, released December 1, 2020, on the Tough Topics shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
Miebaka Yohannes
Released
December 1, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Tough Topics
ISBN
9781713570936

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person as an audiobook?

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.

Is The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person?

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person is narrated by Miebaka Yohannes.