our mission statement

The mission of the center for traditional African carrying CTAC is to connect and empower families with the ancestral African wisdom of nurturing children which places a huge emphasis on the importance of a close knit village

our courses

Empower yourself with the Ancient African wisdom of carrying , choose from any of our courses

complete course

mini-courses

CpD for alumni

Registration is now open!

alumni feedback

Hear from the alumni of our inaugural center for tradional African carrying (CTAC) who attended our two days intensive face to face training in St Helens

Anne C.

West peninine slings, UK

korrin

mumaroo, UK

Jo H.

together we cic
I did an amazing African Carrying course with the amazing Bisi Osundeko of Joy and Joe baby this weekend.
It was so much more than just techniques, it was culture, history, superstition and so much more
Have absolutely loved spending time with this beautiful human learning everything Traditional African carrying this weekend. We didn’t just learn how to wrap we learnt sooo much around the culture of carrying in Africa ​
​Get your place booked folks. This was such a lovely weekend. So warm and informative. The information that Bisi shared was so rich, it's not just a carrying technique

meet our trainer and founder

My name is Adebisi Osundeko (fondly called Bisi) I’m a loving mother and the founder of multi-award-winning Joy and Joe baby slings.
I am a babywearing consultant ( trained with the school of babywearing CIC and Slingababy)
I was born and raised in Nigeria, West Africa where my grandmum, mum, and aunties passed on our ancestral babywearing tradition directly to me and my siblings as with our indigenous African culture