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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dyepkazah Shibayan

A Nigerian group attempts a 431-hour reading marathon to set a Guinness World Record

It's a bookworm's idea of heaven: 18 days of non-stop reading.

In a restaurant in Nigeria’s Lagos, three men and two women have been reading books for over 431 hours in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the longest marathon of reading aloud, part of a campaign to promote literacy in Africa’s most populous country.

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