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In 1916, a child named Ogoula \u201cWora\u201d Gustave was born in Nyolokw\u00e8 village (owned by the \u201cAgondjo n'Awenga n'Ayandji\u201d clan).<\/p>\n
Wora because he has a twin named Ngw\u00e8y\u00e8no. Wora is the name given to the first born of the two children. The second is named Y\u00e8no if it's a boy and Ngw\u00e8y\u00e8no if it's a girl.<\/p>\n
Son of Et\u00e9no Cl\u00e9ment (Zi Pandia) of the \u201cAssomba n'Ayamba\u201d clan, descendant of Ogandaga yi Npandia y'Igongo Nkonga yi Ziza y'Ewoulou, and Bita Marguerithe of the \u201cAgondjo n'Awenga\u201d clan.<\/p>\n
His mother came from the village of Ossagnia Mongo \u201cGo Mbinda\u201d, whose chief town is Ngola. It's the first village you come to as you travel up the Ogoou\u00e9 from Port-Gentil.<\/p>\n
His mother, Bita, had a Senegalese father and an Orungu mother.<\/p>\n
She had three children, Ogoula \u201cWora\u201d Gustave dit D\u00e9guisse, Ngw\u00e8y\u00e8no and Owanga.<\/p>\n
At an early age, D\u00e9guisse joined his paternal family (his father, Et\u00e9no Zi Pandia).<\/p>\n
For his education, his father enrolled him at the Catholic Mission school of Sainte-Anne d'Ondimba (Fernan-Vaz). This school had a good reputation.<\/p>\n
However, his maternal uncle, called Razingu\u00e8, great chief, holder of the ancestral relics and therefore of the clan's power, and master Bwitiste, had only daughters (two, 2).<\/p>\n
However, as he had no sons, this posed a real problem of succession in terms of the continuity of the chieftaincy.<\/p>\n
Feeling his end was near, Chief Razingu\u00e8 asked his paternal family to return his nephew Ogoula \u201cWora\u201d Gustave to his maternal branch.<\/p>\n
Power was only passed on to the sister's son, not to the
\nbrother's son. The heir is uncle Razingu\u00e8's uterine nephew. Matriarchal supremacy obliges.<\/p>\n
His uncle introduced him to Bwiti and \u201cpharmacopoeia\u201d. D\u00e9guisse stayed by his uncle's side for a long time, accompanying him on his various peregrinations, \u201cNgoz\u00e9s, here and there, all around\u201d. This is how he quickly acquired the gift of healing with plants and magnetism.<\/p>\n
He did not have the gift of clairvoyance. So, when he received a patient for treatment, he would first send him to be examined by the \u201cfour-eyed clairvoyant\u201d. Then, with the information gathered and the clairvoyant's report on the patient's type of disorder or persecution, D\u00e9guisse could pinpoint \u201cwhat was inside\u201d the patient and prepare a potion, bath or remedy.<\/p>\n
No payment was required until the patient was cured. There was no \u201cOrawo\u201d as there is today, where the healer seems to be more concerned with the amount of the Orawo than with the patient's condition. D\u00e9guisse was still into symbolism. He considered that, as a healer, he had a \u201cresult\u201d obligation before any payment.<\/p>\n
However, he would say to the patient, \u201cIf you ever feel cured, you know what you'll have to do for me\u201d.<\/p>\n
And so, on the death of his uncle Razingu\u00e8, Ogoula \u201cWora\u201d D\u00e9guisse ascended to the clan throne. The young chief was listened to, respected and adored by his people. Of course, he inherited his uncle's \u201cBwiti\u201d called \u201cMwanga\u201d, which means \u201cSource of all things, all life\u201d. He was one of the few men initiated into the Ndjemb\u00e8 (a secret society reserved for women).<\/p>\n
He did not work for a company ; very loving ; comic with a great sense of humor. Very attached to Bwitiste and Ndjemb\u00e8 culture and tradition. When he received his grandchildren in his village: before depositing their luggage in a house, they first had to \u201cpresent\u201d it to \u201cIgu\u00e9noh du Bwiti\u201d, then enter the \u201cMaison du Bwiti\u201d and go round the \u201cMbandja\u201d before sitting down in it. His grandson, \u201cRoutier\u201d, has not forgotten this ritual. He speaks with passion and regret of that \u201cblessed time\u201d around grandfather D\u00e9guisse.<\/p>\n
At one point in his life, \u201cGrand-p\u00e8re\u201d had the choice between the Catholic priesthood and the intiatic path of Bwiti, and he opted for Bw<\/p>\n
As a landowner in his hinterland, he farmed and fished, which made him a free man who refused to accept subordination in business. He lived between his village and Port-Gentil<\/p>\n
He was also Pierre Claver Akendengu\u00e9's maternal uncle, and they shared the omi\u00e8n\u00e8 culture and music. They had a great affection for each other: \u201cOmbalo D\u00e9guisse\u201d.<\/p>\n
He died in Port-Gentil in 1987, leaving behind the memory of an altruist-humanist, with a sense of sacrifice for others, the defense of the weak (Ntchir\u00e9) and the concern to pass on tradition. A true bulwark, a sentinel of the kind that no longer exists today.<\/p>\n
He had five children (Essongh\u00e9 Jeanne, Wora, Ngw\u00e8y\u00e8no, Et\u00e9no, Bita).<\/p>\n
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Jeanne Bushnell (aged 80)<\/p>\n
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Grandson, granddaughter, nephew, nephew's wife.<\/p>\n
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Source: Daughter Jeanne Bushnell (80); granddaughter Sandra Bushnell; grandson R\u00e9namy dit Routier. Transcription : Jo\u00ebl Paul IGAMBA & Oma. <\/strong>dit Routier. Transcription : Jo\u00ebl Paul IGAMBA & Oma.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 41 ans lors de la signature de la p\u00e9tition du 01\/07\/1957, revendiquant un profit \u00e9quitable sur l\u2019exploitation du p\u00e9trole de leur sous-sol. Il na\u00eet en 1916 au village Nyolokw\u00e8 (propri\u00e9t\u00e9 du clan \u00ab Agondjo n\u2019Awenga n\u2019Ayandji \u00bb), un enfant nomm\u00e9 : Ogoula \u00ab Wora \u00bb Gustave. Wora parce qu\u2019il a une jumelle d\u00e9nomm\u00e9e Ngw\u00e8y\u00e8no. 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