The Bwiti tradition is a spiritual practice that originated in southern Gabon but has now spread in different branches throughout Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, and beyond. Bwiti is not a religion, but a traditional spiritual path known to initiates as the “art of knowing” and the “study of life itself.”

The fire talk is an essential element of Bwiti healing practices. Every ceremony begins with a fire talk where Bwiti teachings are shared. In order to promote wisdom and groundedness in the village, elders and medicine carriers (Ngangas and Maboundis) provide counseling rooted in the Bwiti teachings before the community partakes in ingesting medicine.

This fire talk session will be co-facilitated by Pamela “Ngondet Na Di Puma” Rosario Pérez and
Will “Etsika Mbudi” Dickerson II. Ngondet and Etsika are traditional medicine and culture carriers of the Missoko Bwiti lineage, initiated by the 10th-generation nima Papa Moughenda Mikala.