We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Oliver Wellington (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,645 Social Science 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
We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain is an audiobook by Lanre Bakare: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Wellington, released April 17, 2025, on the Social Science and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Wellington
- Released
- April 17, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Europe, World
- ISBN
- 9781529925388
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain audiobook?
We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain?
We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain is narrated by Oliver Wellington.
Is We Were There: How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.