This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00 AM (GMT+3) on May 19th; that is, at the GMT+3 border-line of May 18th/May 19th, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" stood at 40,534. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00 AM.
Here below, then, is the list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured "now" on June 17th, 2018 at 12:51 PM ~ GMT+3) [To view any of the 10 posts below, you may have to Right Click on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]:
LISTS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED APPEAR BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released June 9, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 29, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 20, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 12, 2018
5. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 5, 2018
6. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 28, 2018
7. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 21, 2018
8. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
9. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
10. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 01, 2018
11. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018
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This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00 AM (GMT+3) on May 11th; that is, at the GMT+3 border-line of May 10th/May 11th, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" stood at 43,691+. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00 AM.
Here below, then, is the list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured "now" on June 9th, 2018 at 12:25 AM ~ GMT+3) [To view any of the 10 posts below, you may have to Right Click on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]:
LISTS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED APPEAR BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 29, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 20, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 12, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 5, 2018
5. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 28, 2018
6. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 21, 2018
7. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
8. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
9. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 01, 2018
10. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018
This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00 AM (GMT+3) on April 30th; that is, at the GMT+3 border-line of April 29th/April 30th, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" still stands at 48,000+. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00 AM.
Here below, then, is our list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured "now" on May 29th, 2018 at 05:16 PM ~ GMT+3) [To view any of the 10 posts below, you may have to Right Click on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]:
LISTS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED APPEAR BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 20, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 12, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 5, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 28, 2018
5. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 21, 2018
6. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
7. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
8. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 01, 2018
9. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018
This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00 AM (GMT+3) on April 21st; that is, at the GMT+3 border-line of April 20th/April 21st, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" stands at 48,000+. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00 AM.
Here, then, is our list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured "now" on May 20th, 2018 at 10:16 PM ~ GMT+3):
[To view any of the 10 posts below, you may have to Right Click on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]
LISTS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED APPEAR BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 12, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 5, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 28, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 21, 2018
5. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
6. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
7. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 01, 2018
8. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018
This is Volume 8 of the Mauri Yambo Blog's series of #LingalaPop music. The point has been made in Volumes 1 and 2 that certain Congolese music productions have all the features -- and effects on audience (or fan) sensibilities -- which are typically found in pop music as broadly understood. The hashtag given above groups and highlights what I consider to be stand-out examples of that kind of music.
As previously indicated, Lingala is deliberately made a part of the hashtag in order to give due respect to that expansive lingua franca of the Greater Congo, which serves (in word and/or tone) as the base for the songs referenced here. Most of the songs under the hashtag are sung by Congolese nationals at home or in the diaspora -- but, interestingly, not all. In Volume 3, for example, two Kenyan Queens (Victoria Kimani and Akothee) featured in two separate songs in a full-throttle sort of way.
Nor is Lingala the language that Congolese artistes, or those that they sing with, exclusively use in the included songs. French is a common ingredient across many songs; and so is Swahili. Choices are made from song to song, but perhaps not randomly. In Tucheze, Ferre Gola sang a considerable chunk of the lyrics in 'heavy-accent' but recognizable Swahili, while Victoria Kimani sang her part almost entirely in English. But Lingala did join them at the hip in terms of both tone and the synchronized flow of body texts.
Nigerian artiste J. Martins appears with Ferre Gola in Ekelebe, in Volume 4, with enough gravitational force to influence the latter's celestial orbit. The same Ferre Gola, that is, who in that piece sings not, shall I say, in lyrical Lingala but -- in order to 'keep up' with J. Martins -- in bemusing English. Still, Lingala's tonal influence on both proceedings is not escaped, in whatever charming mix we may come upon the ingredients.
Volume 5, like the earlier four, showcases 10 video (or audio) clips steeped in #LingalaPop. Indeed, I think that the songs are among the leading ones. Here, too, not everything is pure Lingala. Barbara Kanam, for example, finely weaves her song, Reste, out of three language strands: French, Swahili and Lingala. She's as good in each just as she, herself, is. And Enemy Solo is sung in a 'volatile' mix of funky Lingala and lyrical 'pidgin' (that's English) by an irrepressible Awilo Longomba and super-charged P-Square! It is a match of equals.
In Volume 6, Linah (who is Tanzanian) and Christian Bella (Congolese) team up to deliver an exceptionally tuneful and colourful song: Hellow. Linah sings almost entirely in Swahili. The song as a whole is mostly in Swahili as well. However, Christian Bella renders his portion of the 'purely' Swahili lyrics with a decidedly Lingala accent. Arguably, this tilts the overall weight of the song's tonality toward Lingala, Christian Bella having already 'state captured' a significant portion of Lina's intonation in the first half of the song.
In Olla as well, Christian Bella sings in Swahili with the same Lingala-accentuated verve. One should expect the same result, but Khaligraph Jones, the Kenyan Rapper King, blends, and so tempers, all that with his signature "stream of Consciousness" rapping style. And yet the Lingala imprimatur doesn't lose enough force to disappear. This is a win-win, in the end. We can declare a similar result in Nagharamia (sung by Tanzania's Alikiba and Christian Bella). Alikiba succeeds in creating a context in which Swahili (infused in a subtle and measured fashion with Taarab 'elements') cedes as much ground as it gains from Christian Bella's Lingala.
The songs in Volume 7 are sung mostly in Lingala, though four have French (or partly French) titles, and two English. They are all sung by Congolese artistes. Six of the individuals or groups featured here are appearing for the very first time in the #LingalaPop series. They are mostly men.
Three women sing four of the ten songs offered, all in video form. We have seen Claudia Bakisa and Mpongo Love before, but not Yondo Sister. She, Yondo Sister, is, I find, the finest of the bunch of artistes, male or female, gathered in Volume 7. She is among the very top in all the other volumes that we've seen as well. She dances with no restraint at all, as if possessed by the very words she sings and the tunes her ears and lithe body attend to. She goes, in the end, totally wild. Congo wild. Great funk! If you haven't seen Yondo Sister, I dare say, you haven't seen anyone.
Among the male singers, Cedric Embangu -- the lead singer in Cherie Enlevee Djino Kezipama (Song Number 4) -- is the most impassioned interpreter of the mood and all else that his song packs. He's really, really "intoit" -- body and 'soul'! And so it goes. READ MORE.
But Sam Mangwana, with his fast-paced Fati Mata, makes an important point as well. It is that Rumba (Rhumba) has changed, and is no longer necessarily slow-motion music plus low-energy dance. He is not alone in this view, as artistes like Ferre Gola, Claudia Bakisa, Cedric Embangu, Fally Ipupa, Heritier Watanabe, Fabregas Le Metis and Didier Milla, among others, amply demonstrate.
Five singers in total appear in Volume 8, as individuals or as artistic pairs, whom we have not seen in earlier volumes. These are: Didier Milla, Papa Wemba and Nathalie Makoma, and Madilu System and Nyboma. Papa Wemba and Nathalie Makoma (You shall place her by her 'family' name!) sing an attention-grabbing song, emphasizing their sense of freedom to break with 'set pieces' in order to catch, as catch can, nouveau sounds and styles. Didier Milla's team, likewise, delivers superbly innovative Rumba sounds and unfettered, stylized dance moves. Madilu System and Nyboma serve us a more 'mainstream' fare, but the dancing girls garnish it. They garnish it, with no apologies, with a "spirit of the dance" that's something of a bridge between Old R(h)umba and an Ascendant Soukous.
Sure-footed Yondo Sister appears here, too, with two songs and sets of dancing shoes. And that silky voice. It's not a cameo appearance by any means. And all's well with Perdue de Vue. All's even better with Maweke's surround magic.
This growing selection of #LingalaPop titles includes a number about which I have made 'substantive' comments already or, alternatively, ranked in #TheYamboSelection series -- over the stretch of a few years. And I have restricted my commentary essentially to songs that have "reached my ears" in one way or another -- or, let's say it, via smart algorithms. It has not been a total scouring of the Great Lakes and Rivers (etc) universe -- which would have been an exercise in futility for one man.
The urge to share exemplary or exciting 'finds' on a particular list (scheduled or not) may prompt -- indeed already has (in #TheYamboSelection series), and in some instances perhaps should -- the publication of the list before the narratives related to particular titles are ready for release, or even 'fully' drafted. The fact is that there's just so much Lingala music from the past, leave alone the numbers being produced these days -- and increasingly "all over". The urge to share must keep reasonable pace with the volume and accelerating velocity of creative productions.
The lister's and commentator's work is never done, experience teaches! Such comments as I have already made are available on this blog, but the links I give below take you only to the clips associated with the songs listed in Volume 8. Links to any comments that I will make in the days ahead about particular titles on the list below will be added to an updated version of this post as soon as those comments are ready to share.
The songs appearing below are not arranged in any particular order of rank. I really love all of them, and think you will do so too. Let me also add that the 'burst' of incoming evidence that I have encountered as I have continued with my (re)search on songs that deserve inclusion means that we are now inexorably headed toward Volume 10. Soon enough, but no one really knows when.
Here below are the video/audio clips that make up Volume 8:
Click (you may have to Right Click) the song of your choice on the list below, and then (if you have Right Clicked) choose the "Open link in new tab" option in order to watch or listen to the clip.
1. Sosola by Makoma (2012)
2. Jalousie by Madilu System feat. Nyboma (2013)
3. Cadence Mudanda by Mbilia Bel (2017)
4. Vie a Zero by Didier Milla (2009)
5. Perdue de Vue by Yondo Sister (2013)
6. "6 Millions ya ba Soucis" by Papa Wemba ft. Nathalie Makoma (2010)
7. Coupe Bibamba by Awilo Longomba (2008)
8. Sans Trace by Claudia Bakisa (2013)
9. Maweke by Yondo Sister (2013)
10. Mwinda by Makoma (2012)
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Find below links to previous Volumes ~ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7:
1. LingalaPop, Volume 1
2. LingalaPop, Volume 2
3. LingalaPop, Volume 3
4. LingalaPop, Volume 4
5. LingalaPop, Volume 5
6. LingalaPop, Volume 6
7. LingalaPop, Volume 7
This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00 AM (GMT+3) on April 13th; that is, at the GMT+3 border-line of April 12th/April 13th, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" stands at 53,000+. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00 AM.
Here, then, is our list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured "now" on May 12th, 2018 at 7:17 PM ~ GMT+3):
[To view any of the 10 posts below, you may have to Right Click on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]
LISTS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED APPEAR BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released May 5, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 28, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 21, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
5. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
6. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 01, 2018
7. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018
This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00 AM (GMT+3) on April 6th; that is, at the GMT border-line of April 5th/April 6th, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" stood at 52,000+. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00 AM.
Here, then, is our list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured "now" on May 5th, 2018 at 11:08 PM ~ GMT+3):
[To view any of the 10 posts below, you may have to Right Click on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]
LISTS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED APPEAR BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 28, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 21, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
5. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 1, 2018
6. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018.
This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', actually captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00AM (GMT+3) on March 30th; that is, at the GMT border-line of March 29th and March 30th, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" stands at 49,000+. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00AM.
Here, then, is our list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured on April 28th, 2018 at 8:37 PM ~ GMT+3):
[To view any of the 10 posts below, Click (you may have to Right Click) on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]
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FIND PREVIOUSLY LISTS BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the MauriYambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 21, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 1, 2018
5. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018.
This Blog's list of Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month' is auto-generated. It ranks the posts that were most frequently viewed during the period -- but does not capture the viewers' personal details. The definition of the 'Last Month ' (or 'Last 30 Days') used by Blogger (which is owned by Google and which hosts this Blog) in fact refers to the last 29 days of the month up to "now".
Thus, the present list, focusing on the 'Last 30 Days', captures viewers' engagements with each listed post during the 29-day period which runs from "now" -- just before the publication of this post -- all the way back to the 'start of day' at 3:00AM (GMT+3) on March 23rd; that is, at the GMT border-line of March 22nd/March 23rd, 2018. The total number of page-views during the month up to "now" stood at 47,000+. It is those viewers' choices, out of 1,200+ posts published on the blog, that we have captured on the Top 10 List below.
We will continue in the weeks and months ahead to publish this rolling list of "Top 10 Popular Posts of the 'Month'" -- in which the 'month', to reiterate the point already made, refers to the period of 29 days culminating in the moment of publication (or release) rather than the calendar month as such. That moment of release will be indicated, but does not have to be precisely 3:00AM.
Here, then, is our list of this Blog's Top 10 Popular Posts of the last 'Month' (as captured on April 21st, 2018 at 4:03 PM ~ GMT+3):
[To view any of the 10 posts below, you may have to Right Click on the link of interest to you and choose the "Open link in new window" option]
LISTS PREVIOUSLY CAPTURED APPEAR BELOW:
1. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 14, 2018
2. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 07, 2018
3. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released April 1, 2018
4. Top 10 Popular Posts on the Mauri Yambo Blog, Last 30 Days ~ Released March 27, 2018.
