A subsidiary of multi-award-winning Joy and Joe baby slings, the Center for Traditional African Carrying seeks to empower families with the age-old African wisdom that it truly takes a village to raise a child.
We set up our courses in response to the desire for a learning center for all things African carrying where babywearing educators, midwives, nurses, babywearing familes and anyone ethusiastic about babywearing can learn about the authentic way to carry, nurture and bond with your child the ancestral African way.
Our face to face courses covers the following subjects with lots of practical sessions:
We set up our courses in response to the desire for a learning center for all things African carrying where babywearing educators, midwives, nurses, babywearing familes and anyone ethusiastic about babywearing can learn about the authentic way to carry, nurture and bond with your child the ancestral African way.
Our face to face courses covers the following subjects with lots of practical sessions:
- Carrying a newborn baby
- Carrying a toddler
- Carrying a child who wants to play
- Carrying a sleeping baby
- Carrying an active child
- Carrying a child who wants to play
- Carrying an older child
- Carrying a child with special needs
- Demo sessions
- Safety considerations
- The significance of a village in our carrying culture
- Demo Sessions
- Adapting your carry to the shape of your body
- Hands-free carrying
- Superstitions and cultural beliefs
- How to effectively communicate with BAME babywearing families
- How to effectively demonstrate the kanga carry
- Variations of carrying across Africa
- The cultural appropriation debate
- More Practice
- Workbook/ Q&A/ CPD plan
- Final Evaluation
- Presentation of Certificates