Goapele Mohlabane (pronounced gwah-puh-LAY) (born on July 11 1977), professionally known as Goapele is an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. Her name means "to go forward" in the South African language Tswana.
She was born in Oakland, California, to an Israeli Jewish mother, Noa, and a Black father, Douglas Mohlabane, who was a South African political exile. They married in Nairobi, Kenya. Goapele attended the Berkeley Arts Magnet School in Berkeley, California. During these y...Read More >