Bernadette Rebienot

Born in Libreville, Gabon of the Omyene linguistic community, widow and mother of ten, grandmother of twenty three. Before retiring, Bernadette worked as an educator and school administrator. Bernadette has participated in numerous national and international conferences on Traditional Medicine. She is a healer, master of the Iboga Bwiti Rite and master of Women's Initiations. Bernadette has offered initiations and consultations for the past thirty years. She is President of the Association of Traditional Medicine Practitioners for Gabonese Health (U.T.S.G.) since 1994.