On October 15th it will be 10 years ago that kroeshaar.com went live. I started the site to get an idea of who would be interested in my book that had yet to be published. Kroeshaar; wat je moet weten en meer I had written because I thought that there might be
On October 15th it will be 10 years ago that kroeshaar.com went live. I started the site to get an idea of who would be interested in my book that had yet to be published. Kroeshaar; wat je moet weten en meer I had written because I thought that there might be
10 years of Afro Hair!
On October 15th it will be 10 years ago that kroeshaar.com went live. I started the site to get an idea of who would be interested in my book that had yet to be published. “Kroeshaar; wat je moet weten en meer” I had written because I thought that there might be more women like me, who wanted to stop relaxing, but did not know any good alternatives.
Conserve wanted to publish the book, but frizzy hair was still taboo at the time. I was curious who would want to read about frizzy hair. That's how it started. Now, 10 years later, here is a small overview of how it went. I'm curious who still remembers what. If I've forgotten something, I'd like to hear about it too.
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2002 Remember the old site? It was purple. Except for the forum I maintained the entire site manually and it is still largely functional. Click on the link. http://kroeshaar.com/oudesite.htm. |
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2003 My debut as a writer. I didn't know what to expect but it was a great success: The Publication Kroeshaar; what you need to know and more. In September of the same year, the 1st Sabi Wiri Dei was held in Theater Unique in Suriname. |
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2004 I was very happy when First Lady Liesbeth Vanenburg Venetiaan had promised an interview for kroeshaar.com. With her blessing it could hardly go wrong. After that a series of Kroesede Portraits followed. It seems like it was there from the beginning, but the Kroeshaar webshop only really opened this year. Also Going-Natural.com , the big sister of kroeshaar.com, was launched in 2004, well before my first American book came out: Going Natural, How to Fall in Love with Nappy Hair |
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2005 Satcha Valies went to Kroeshaar.com to provide a workshop for Adopted children in Otterlo ~~~~~ When I went to Suriname at the end of the year for the Sabi Wiri Dei, Nina Jurna made a report from kroeshaar.com for RTL. |
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2006 The year with the most events:
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2007 Although I don't have any photos of Adornment in the UK, it was quite an experience. Kroeshaar.com at Women Inc. was a huge success. The woman in the picture on the left, Akisi, is one of those people I will never forget. She wrote me a sensitive email explaining what the meeting meant to her. Unfortunately, it was lost in the crash of 2008. |
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2008 was an inspiring year in many ways. Besides America's Next Natural Model I also had my first lecture and exhibition, The Pursuit of Nappiness in Manhattan, New York. It was not to forget the year of Obama who I was able to meet personally. I was thrilled to be invited by Dutch TV to give my opinion on the American Elections. |
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2009 was a disaster. When moving to another Internet host, I almost lost both websites just at the time that I had a virus on my PC so I didn't have a backup at hand. I spent months restoring pages and scraping information together. A lesson never to be forgotten. You would almost forget that I also made a Kroeshaar Kalender. |
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2010 In high spirits kroeshaar.com together with SME organized a new Sabi Wiri Dei. It was super spectacular with the popular Tante Es and a fantastic kroeshaarshow. ~~~~~ The models of Sisterlocks consultant Chantel and Anoushka Schmidth of Natural Nation Hair Salon attracted a lot of attention, but so did the candidates for the very first Miss Kroeshaar. |
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2011 The success of the Sabi Wiri Dei 2010 was repeated in a larger space in Amsterdam South East. It was indeed, if possible, even more spectacular with a new Miss Kroeshaar chosen live by the public. See the photos here. |
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2012 is not over yet but two highlights of this year were Kroeshaar goes Guadeloupe! and the Kroeshaar Filmfestival in Suriname. Another highlight was when the candidates of America's Next Natural Model did a photo shoot in Maroon clothing. |