Kumi Naidoo Age, Ethnicity, Wife, Children, Family, Biography, Facts & More

Bio
Real Name	Kumi Naidoo
Profession	Human Rights Activist
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters - 183 cm in meters - 1.83 m in feet inches - 6’
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms - 75 kg in Pounds - 165 lbs
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 1965
Age (as in 2017)	52 Years
Birth Place	Durban, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Hometown	Durban, South Africa
School	Not Known
College/University	The University of Oxford
Educational Qualification	A PhD in Political Sociology from the University of Oxford
Family	Father- Name Not Known (a bookkeeper) Mother- Name Not Known Siblings- 3
Religion	Not Known
Ethnicity/Race	Indian-African
Hobbies	Reading, Travelling
Favorite Things
Favorite Leader	Nelson Mandela
Girlfriends, Affairs and More
Sexual Orientation	Straight
Marital Status	Not Known
Girlfriends/Affairs	Not Known
Wife/Spouse	Name Not Known
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- Naomi

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kumi Naidoo

• Does Kumi Naidoo smoke?: Not Known

• Does Kumi Naidoo drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Naidoo was born into a modest family in Durban, South Africa.

• When he was 15, his mother committed suicide.

• After his mother’s demise, his father took care of Naidoo and his 3 siblings.

• In his early teen, Naidoo was drawn to anti-apartheid protests, and for these protests, his school expelled him, reinstated and expelled again.

• By the time Naidoo was 18, he had been arrested and beaten on the pretext of apartheid.

• In 1985, at the age of 19, Naidoo came to know about a local group home for boys (from broken families) was on the verge to close as they couldn’t afford to pay a social worker. On his father’s advice, he volunteered to be a live-in counselor to the dozen or so boys. 

• On the recommendation of a professor at a local university, he interviewed to be a Rhodes Scholar. Naidoo was awarded the spot and went to Oxford, England. He was the only black South African candidate on the region’s short list of 12.

• He returned to South Africa in 1990 and plunged into two decades of human rights works.

• When he became the Executive Director of international environmentalist group Greenpeace, he was the first African to head the organization. 

• In December 2017, he became the Secretary General of Amnesty International- largest human rights movement globally.