DUNIAMagazine.com: 15 MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF 2015
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HAPPY NEW YEAR. Hello 2016!
If you’re like us, you may be wondering, “where did 2015 go”? A new year is indeed upon us. We wish you a prosperous 2016. Our wishes are for dreams fulfilled and a new year filled with joy and happiness.
Simply put, 2015 has been a beautiful year for us at DUNIA Magazine thanks to your support and involvement. The magazine has experienced the most readership growth in a single year since its 2010 inception. We are excited that you have embraced us and continue to support DUNIA Magazine’s progress.
“DUNIA Magazine has seen growth each year because you are more than a reader. Your contributions truly make us “the reader’s magazine”, and we take unbridled delight in it!” says Innocent Chia, Editor-in-Chief.
We promise to continue serving you in “connecting across cultures”. We would like to especially thank the distinguished ladies and gentlemen we had an opportunity to interview, who had the grace to share personal thoughts with readers. Thank you for allowing us into your world.
Our dedicated editorial team, brilliant contributors and team members from different parts of the world have remained committed to bringing diverse stories and sharing thoughts from across different cultural backgrounds. Thank you for impacting through writing.
From a poll of hundreds of articles, with tens of thousands of readers during the year, here are the articles published in 2015 that made the Top 15 list (based on DUNIA’s Google Analytics report):
15- Nigerian Comedian Yvonne Orji talks sitcom First Gen & maintaining cultural equilibrium
14- Nigerian-Serb blogger Valentina Hemeson on Life in Serbia and Fashion Aspirations
13- The Essence of Lema, a poem by Mirthell Bazemore
12- “We use china instead of canvas to create and display our talent,” says Chef Tony Teems — Interview
11- New Column: Thoughts of a Chicago African
10- Redempta Wekesa on the ills of Female Genital Mutilation
9- South Sudanese music hit-maker Yaba Angelosi talks creativity, career and hopes for country
8- Atlanta-GA: Conversations on BOUND: Africans Vs A. Americans with Peres Owino
6- On specifics: Roland Martin interviews Dr Parson about African American pastors’ meeting with Trump
5- Why should Africans & A. Americans resolve their perennial feud? Peres Owino Interview
4- A Million $$$ Goal for Saker Baptist Ex-Students in the USA – An Interview with Sally Bame
3- Award winning writer, film-maker Tariq Mehmood talks Race, Religion & new book You’re Not Proper
2- Tiny Drones to Target Cancer: Vote Dr. Wilfred Ngwa to help Cure Cancer – interview
And the number ONE most read article of 2015 isssss!!!!
1- Another Transatlantic Slave Port Uncovered. Dr Lisa Aubrey on Bimbia, “The Apertura”
Thank you Dr Lisa Aubrey for “rooting and reconnecting”, for the brave work you are undertaking in piecing together parts of an important history.
We are grateful for EVERY contribution, every story told. Thank you for writing, for reading and sharing.
DUNIAMagazine.com: 15 MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF 2014
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We look forward to another landmark year with you.
Happy New Year 2016 from our hearts to yours. We love and appreciate you.
