Synopsis
The Babongo people of Gabon take powerful hallucinogens which send them on a life-threatening, three day trip. Bruce Parry undergoes the initiation and finds it has some terrifying side effects.
- Programme: Tribe
- Series: 1
- Episode: 04: Babongo
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
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