Pygmies
Studies on the iboga cults. V. Historical aspects
bwiti, Colonialism, Equatorial Guinea, ethnohistory, Fang, gabon, hallucinogenic plants, Mitsogho, persecutions, PygmiesBy: GIORGIO SAMORINI – The problem of the origins of the human relationship with the hallucinogenic plant of iboga, and the real or mythical involvement of the Pygmies in the discovery of its intoxicant properties is discussed. The traditional use of iboga in equatorial Africa is framed within the general systematisation of the purposes of…