Mireille Liong-A-Kong
Mireille Liong-A-Kong | |
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| Born | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Education | University of Amsterdam |
| Subject | Equal Hair Rights for Black Women. |
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Mireille Liong-A-Kong is a Surinamese/Dutch author, internet entrepreneur, photographer, and social media activist.[1][2] She is best known as the author of Going Natural How to Fall in Love with Nappy Hair[3][4][5] and founder/developer of Going-natural: a social web and community site advocating equal hair rights for Black women in the Diaspora.[6][7][8][9]
Personal life[edit]
Mireille was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands and grew up in Suriname. Her father was Daisy Liong-A-Kong and mother Hertha Ritfeld; the granddaughter of William Severinus Richenel Ritfeld (1902), one of the first Black intellectuals after slavery after whom the W.S.R Ritfeld school was named. He held a degree in English and Mathematics and was a math teacher for years.[10] Mireille Liong-A-Kong grew up in a little town Wageningen in the District Nickerie of Suriname. She moved to the capital Paramaribo when she was a teenager where she finished high school and college. Afterwards she got her Master Degree in Information Technology at the University of Amsterdam in Holland.[11] Liong-A-Kong's struggle with relaxer induced alopecia, a hair loss disorder that affects 73% of African American women, motivated her to use her IT expertise to change the perception of natural hair and advocate for equal hair rights.
Advocacy[edit]
Mireille began advocating for equal hair rights in 2002 by launching the first hair website in the Netherlands kroeshaar.com, a couple of months before her book Kroeshaar, Wat je moet weten en meer was published (publisher Conserve). She was the first author with a supporting website in the Netherlands.[12][13][14] In 2004 Mireille published Going Natural How to Fall in Love with Nappy Hair and used her IT expertise to create going-natural.com, using joomla to build a social web and networking site.[15][16] Besides a book and her social web and networking sites Mireille also launched America's Next Natural Model in 2008, an online pageant to promote the beauty of natural hair. To challenge the stereotypical idea of natural hairstyles Mireille shoots for justice aiming to paint a different picture of natural hairstyles with a traveling photo exhibition.[17][18][19]
Awards[edit]
In 2005 Mireille was awarded the MDG-Global Watch Community Outreach award by UN Ambassador of Suriname Irma Loemban Tobing-Klein.[20] In that same year Mireille was nominated for the Masters Pioneers Award for helping many women to establish businesses and careers in the Natural Hair world. She was also awarded the Kuumba award from the Sankofa Community.[21]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Organisatie UMA! Week blikt tevreden terug". Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Interview With Mireille Liong Author of "Going Natural"". www.lushenabks.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Surinamese author Nr.1 on Amazon - DevSur, Suriname news in English". Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Surinaamse schrijver nummer 1 op Amazon.com | GFC Nieuws". gfcnieuws.org. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ Pettigrew, Mika. "Drs. Mireille Liong-A-Kong On Going Natural - Clutch Magazine". www.clutchmagonline.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "America's Next Natural Model Pageant Launches Online Fashion Auction". February 8, 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2015 – via Nationwide.
- ↑ "Kroeshaar dagen op 17 en 18 September in A'dam". Waterkant. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "3 Great Natural Hair Care Books! - Natural Hair Mag". Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Boek Surinaamse schrijfster bestseller op amazon.com". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ "familieritfeld.com - De Ware Tijd 6 maart 2010". www.familieritfeld.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Natural Hair Guru Mireille Liong-A-Kong Talks Natural Hair Care and More!". Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Zoveel moeite om het steil te krijgen". Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Boeken over Suriname". www.suriname.nu. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "NoSpang - Suriname Network Online". www.nospang.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ Sinclair, Carla. "Good hair day! Fashion show celebrates black women's natural locks". The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "A Choice of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artist - 1World1Family.me". Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Going Natural writer Liong-A-Kong in New York photo expo - DevSur, Suriname news in English". Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Bad Hair Uprooted/Slecht Haar Ontworteld | blog". werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Danny Tisdale Moderates A Conversation with Artists: An Artistic Tribute to Gordon Parks Panel Discussion - Harlem World Magazine". Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Trumpet Newsmagazine February 2013 Issue". Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Sankofa Community Empowerment". sankofaempowerment.org. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
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