2008 Year in Review (Kind of)

Since metroafrican.com launched only about three months ago, a retrospective of the year may seem a bit much, but here’s a look back at the most popular stories of the last quarter of 2008.

• metroAfrican.com launched in September with an appearance on African Roots radio show on KGNU with host Moutiou Yessoufou.
• Yohannes Gebregeorgis of Ethiopia Reads was honored as one of CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of the Year.
• Guy Lumumba, son of Patrice Lumumba, spoke at the University of Denver.
• Sudanese lost girls were amongst those displaced and injured by an apartment fire in Boulder.
• Somali musician K’naan was a no show in Denver, but thrilled a crowd in Boulder
• Bazi Kanani explored Colorado-Rwanda Connections
• The African Community Center hosted a huge multi-cultural Thanksgiving party
• Somalis in Greeley faced difficulties with SWIFT
• The 6th annual Taste of Africa took over UC Boulder
• Metroafrican posted the first in a series of interviews with influential and remarkable Africans in the Denver and Boulder Areas. We kicked it off by talking to Mangar Amerdid of the Leadership Institute of New Sudan

We here at metroAfrican have been incredibly encouraged by the positive response we’ve gotten from so many people, and want to thank everyone who has contributed to making metroafrican.com a valuable community resource. We hope to continue to hear from you in the year ahead, and we will continue improving the site so we can all get the most out of it. As always, if you have ideas for stories or features you would like to see on metroafrican.com, let us know. metroAfrican belongs to you, so please make your voice heard!

We wish a blessed and prosperous 2009 to all!

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