The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dugald Bruce Lockhart (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,662 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth is an audiobook by Tom Burgis: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Dugald Bruce Lockhart, released February 26, 2015, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Released
- February 26, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780008114633
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth as an audiobook?
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth?
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth is narrated by Dugald Bruce Lockhart.
Is The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.