Bebe Dety is the Rabes' neighbour, 72 years old. She is a real healer with a witch's reputation, and nobody quite knows where one ends and the other begins. She knows exactly what she is doing, and she never explains herself.
At a glance
| Name | Bebe Dety |
| Age | 72 |
| Home | Next door to the Rabe family, with her own yard and house |
| Gift | A real healer, with a witch's reputation |
| Rival | Tata Malala |
| Habit | Tapping people with her walking stick |
Healer or witch?
Bebe Dety truly heals, and her reputation as a witch stays deliberately ambiguous. With Zézé the zebu and Lita's kung fu, she is one of the few fantastical touches of Ny Rabe. Her bedroom, full of forbidding decorations, does nothing to settle the question.
Sure of herself
Bebe Dety understands perfectly well what she does, and feels no need to justify it to anyone. Her walking stick does the talking when someone pushes her too far.
Bebe Dety and Tata Malala
Tata Malala and Bebe Dety are open rivals. Their rivalry goes back to their youth, and to a story about a man.
Where to see Bebe Dety
She appears in the stories of nyrabe.com, and her yard and house are among the recurring places of the universe, described on Where does Ny Rabe take place?
The whole family is presented on Who are the characters of Ny Rabe?