She also became involved in various groups and organizations that combated racism and sexism. She attended the Berkeley Arts Magnet School, where she led a pre-teen peer-support group. Goapele and her older brother DJ Namane Mohlabane were raised in a California South African exile community.īoth of her parents inspired Goapele to become very involved in community affairs at a young age. Noa attended Friends World College and was studying in Nairobi, Kenya, where she met and married Douglas. Goapele's New York-born Israeli Jewish mother Noa had been attending protests since the age of 12. ![]() Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled political activist who struggled against the Apartheid System. ![]() ![]() Her name means to move forward in Setswana, a Southern African language. Goapele Mohlabane ( / ˈ ɡ w ɑː p ə l eɪ/ born July 11, 1977), is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter.
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