Head of Moughenda Village
Founder of Bwiti House
Moughenda Mikala
10th Generation Missoko Bwiti Shaman
Moughenda is a 10th generation Missoko Bwiti Shaman. He started ingesting Iboga while in utero during his mother’s pregnancy, and started apprenticing as a shaman under his Maternal Grandfather while he was still a child. After decades of intensive training, apprenticeship, and going through many initiations, Moughenda took the role of lead shaman in his community.
Moughenda is head Shaman and Spiritual Director of his community, part of the Missoko Bwiti tribe. Not only does he lead healing, and medicine work, including work with Iboga, he also conducts wedding rites, funeral rites, and conflict resolution/mediation in the community, among other responsibilities.
Moughenda is the first Bwiti shaman to travel to West (after receiving guidance from the medicine to do so), and study the Western culture and way of life, and learn the English language. Moughenda spent a total of 14 years travelling, teaching, and facilitating medicine work in United States, Central America, and Canada.
It was during this time that Moughenda specially designed a system of working with Iboga for people outside of the African continent. This system integrates Bwiti shamanic healing tools and methods, incorporated into a format that addresses the unique needs of Western psychology. It is the format used by most Iboga providers outside of Africa.
Moughenda is also the first Bwiti shaman to open up to teaching students to be providers of iboga, from outside of the Bwiti and Pygmy cultures and from outside of the African continent. As knowledge of Iboga spreads around the world, Moughenda also intends that the Bwiti teachings spread alongside it.
Moughenda is now grounded in his community in Gabon, travelling occasionally for his work internationally. His Village opens their door to host international guests and students each during the whole year for psycho-spiritual retreats, Rites of Passage, Initiations, and Iboga Provider training.