Gabon

[ ga-bon; French, ga-bawn ]

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noun

Official_name Gab·on·ese Re·pub·lic [gab, -, uh, -neez, ‐-nees, gah, -b, uh, ‐]. a republic in western equatorial Africa, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by People's Republic of the Congo. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). : Libreville.
an estuary in western Gabon. About 40 miles (65 km) long.

Gabon

/ ɡabɔ̃; ɡəˈbɒn /

a republic in W central Africa, on the Atlantic: settled by the French in 1839; made part of the French Congo in 1888; became independent in 1960; almost wholly forested. Official language: French. Religion: Christian majority; significant animist minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Libreville. Pop: 1 640 286 (2013 est). Area: 267 675 sq km (103 350 sq miles) Former English spellingGaboon

In Gabon, West Africa, the drug is also central to Bwiti, a religious way of life for people who take it.

After intense training in Gabon following the incident, he dedicated himself to practicing ibogaine ceremonies like the Bwiti.

Uganda is the first of six African countries he visits, followed by Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and finally South Africa.

If the fathers had known of this decision and its cause, they would have remedied it by going back to live or die at Gabon.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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