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Goapele

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'''Goapele Mohlabane'''{{cite web|last=MacNeil|first=Jason|title=Goapele > Biography|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wzfyxqr0ldke~T1|publisher=allmusic|access-date=June 30, 2010}} ({{IPAc-en|'|ɡ|w|ɑː|p|ə|l|eɪ}} {{respell|GWAH|pə|lay}}; born July 11, 1977) is an American [[soul music|soul]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer-songwriter. Her name means ''to move forward'' in [[Tswana language|Setswana]], a Southern African language.{{cite web |url=http://www.goapele.com/about/ |title=Goapele |publisher=Goapele |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711102836/http://goapele.com/about/ |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
'''Goapele Mohlabane'''{{cite web|last=MacNeil|first=Jason|title=Goapele > Biography|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wzfyxqr0ldke~T1|publisher=allmusic|access-date=June 30, 2010}} ({{IPAc-en|'|ɡ|w|ɑː|p|ə|l|eɪ}} {{respell|GWAH|pə|lay}}; born July 11, 1977) is an American [[soul music|soul]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer-songwriter. Her name means ''to move forward'' in [[Tswana language|Setswana]], a Southern African language.{{cite web |url=http://www.goapele.com/about/ |title=Goapele |publisher=Goapele |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711102836/http://goapele.com/about/ |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}


==Early life==
==Early and Personal life==
Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled political activist who struggled against the [[South Africa under apartheid|Apartheid System]].{{cite web |last1=Nero |first1=Mark Edward |title=About Goapele |url=http://randb.about.com/od/upcomingartists/p/Goapele.htm |publisher=About.com |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112818/http://randb.about.com/od/upcomingartists/p/Goapele.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} Goapele's New York-born German Jewish mother Noa{{cite news |title=NIGHTLIFE / Goapele |url=https://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/NIGHTLIFE-Goapele-2553816.php |access-date=23 February 2023 |publisher=[[SFGATE]] |date=31 August 2006}} had been attending protests since the age of 12. Noa attended [[Friends World College]] and was studying in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], where she met and married Douglas.{{cite web |last1=Odum |first1=Shanel |title=Sip From Goapele's Goblet |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2004/05/sip_from_goapeles_goblet/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119102828/https://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2004/05/sip_from_goapeles_goblet/ |archive-date=19 November 2007 |date=4 May 2004 |access-date=23 February 2023}} Goapele and her older brother DJ Namane Mohlabane{{cite web |last=Crooks |first=Peter |url=http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/October-2009/Old-Soul-New-Scene/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1 |title=Old Soul/New Scene |publisher=Diablo Magazine |date=October 2009 |access-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314161117/http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/October-2009/Old-Soul-New-Scene/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1 |url-status=dead }} were raised in a [[South African Americans|South African exile]] community in California.{{cite web|url=http://harvesttime.cc/staff.html |title=Harvest Time Staff |publisher=Harvest Time |access-date=October 11, 2012}}
Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled political activist who struggled against the [[South Africa under apartheid|Apartheid System]].{{cite web |last1=Nero |first1=Mark Edward |title=About Goapele |url=http://randb.about.com/od/upcomingartists/p/Goapele.htm |publisher=About.com |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112818/http://randb.about.com/od/upcomingartists/p/Goapele.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} Goapele's New York-born German Jewish mother Noa{{cite news |title=NIGHTLIFE / Goapele |url=https://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/NIGHTLIFE-Goapele-2553816.php |access-date=23 February 2023 |publisher=[[SFGATE]] |date=31 August 2006}} had been attending protests since the age of 12. Noa attended [[Friends World College]] and was studying in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], where she met and married Douglas.{{cite web |last1=Odum |first1=Shanel |title=Sip From Goapele's Goblet |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2004/05/sip_from_goapeles_goblet/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119102828/https://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2004/05/sip_from_goapeles_goblet/ |archive-date=19 November 2007 |date=4 May 2004 |access-date=23 February 2023}} Goapele and her older brother DJ Namane Mohlabane{{cite web |last=Crooks |first=Peter |url=http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/October-2009/Old-Soul-New-Scene/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1 |title=Old Soul/New Scene |publisher=Diablo Magazine |date=October 2009 |access-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314161117/http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/October-2009/Old-Soul-New-Scene/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1 |url-status=dead }} were raised in a [[South African Americans|South African exile]] community in California.{{cite web|url=http://harvesttime.cc/staff.html |title=Harvest Time Staff |publisher=Harvest Time |access-date=October 11, 2012}}


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