---
name: Gabon
period_ancient: -4000 - 1500
period_modern: 1500 - 2024
locations: Central Africa
---

# Gabon

## Cultural Context

**Figures Associated:**
- The Bantu peoples; a diverse group of over 400 ethnic groups across Central, East, and Southern Africa, united by their use of Bantu languages.

**Events Associated / Significant Cultural Impact:**
1. Bwiti; a spiritual tradition practiced by the Bantu peoples, especially the Fang, in Gabon and Cameroon. It centers on the iboga plant, which induces visionary experiences to connect with ancestors and the divine. Bwiti combines animist beliefs, ancestor worship, and Christianity, emphasizing initiation ceremonies, music, dance, and communal bonding.

**Fashion Icons / Symbolism:** Drugs Representations / Associated

## Drug Connections

**Modern:** [Sildenafil](../../traits/overlays/molecules/sildenafil.md), [Ibogaine](../../traits/overlays/molecules/ibogaine.md)

**Ancient:** [Tabernaemontana](../../traits/overlays/molecules/tabernaemontana.md), [Yohimbe](../../traits/overlays/molecules/yohimbe.md), [Iboga](../../traits/overlays/molecules/iboga.md)

## Sources

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwiti
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_peoples

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## Miberas with this Ancestor

[#0004](../../miberas/0004.md) • [#0005](../../miberas/0005.md) • [#0033](../../miberas/0033.md) • [#0066](../../miberas/0066.md) • [#0112](../../miberas/0112.md) • [#0122](../../miberas/0122.md) • [#0131](../../miberas/0131.md) • [#0138](../../miberas/0138.md) • [#0156](../../miberas/0156.md) • [#0158](../../miberas/0158.md) • [#0163](../../miberas/0163.md) • [#0194](../../miberas/0194.md) • [#0212](../../miberas/0212.md) • [#0228](../../miberas/0228.md) • [#0233](../../miberas/0233.md) • [#0250](../../miberas/0250.md) • [#0252](../../miberas/0252.md) • [#0253](../../miberas/0253.md) • [#0265](../../miberas/0265.md) • [#0276](../../miberas/0276.md) • [#0283](../../miberas/0283.md) • [#0286](../../miberas/0286.md) • [#0343](../../miberas/0343.md) • [#0355](../../miberas/0355.md) • [#0358](../../miberas/0358.md) • [#0371](../../miberas/0371.md) • [#0372](../../miberas/0372.md) • [#0393](../../miberas/0393.md) • [#0439](../../miberas/0439.md) • [#0472](../../miberas/0472.md) • [#0488](../../miberas/0488.md) • [#0562](../../miberas/0562.md) • [#0616](../../miberas/0616.md) • [#0628](../../miberas/0628.md) • [#0650](../../miberas/0650.md) • [#0668](../../miberas/0668.md) • [#0726](../../miberas/0726.md) • [#0729](../../miberas/0729.md) • [#0736](../../miberas/0736.md) • [#0745](../../miberas/0745.md) • [#0754](../../miberas/0754.md) • [#0766](../../miberas/0766.md) • [#0770](../../miberas/0770.md) • [#0858](../../miberas/0858.md) • [#0880](../../miberas/0880.md) • [#0882](../../miberas/0882.md) • [#0884](../../miberas/0884.md) • [#0996](../../miberas/0996.md) • [#1017](../../miberas/1017.md) • [#1033](../../miberas/1033.md) • ... and 452 more

*502 Miberas total*
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