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When the Village Sleeps by Sindiwe Magona

When the Village Sleeps: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When the Village Sleeps audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Sindiwe Magona (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish When the Village Sleeps at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,093 Historical (Fiction) 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

When the Village Sleeps is an audiobook by Sindiwe Magona: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Sindiwe Magona, released September 4, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Sindiwe Magona
Released
September 4, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9781770109391

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the When the Village Sleeps audiobook?

When the Village Sleeps runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the When the Village Sleeps audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates When the Village Sleeps?

When the Village Sleeps is narrated by Sindiwe Magona.

Is When the Village Sleeps worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.