Kumi Naidoo to 2008, he was the Secretary General and chief executive officer of Johannesburg-based Civicus: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, which is dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world. He also served as the founding chairperson of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. Kumi Naidoo joined Greenpeace in 2009. He had been persuaded by his daughter Naomi to take on the role. Greenpeace's commitment to direct action and civil disobedience was what attracted Naidoo to the organisation. Naidoo saw his role as the executive director of Greenpeace as that of an alliance builder and an agent
Affection (Koda Kumi album) performed at every concert. In 2010, she would release a ten-year anniversary version of the song, titled "walk ~to the future~", on her "Suki de, Suki de, Suki de." single. At the time of the album's released, Koda Kumi had not made a debut on television and traveled to local nightclubs to sing and promote. ""I had to go across the country and sing in clubs for promotion purposes. . .it was tough on me." - Koda Kumi" In KODA REKI, Kumi's self-published biography, Kumi talks about how she felt guilty for not meeting what she felt was her staff's