Busi
Founder & Occupational Therapist
There is a beautiful Zimbabwean proverb that says:
Kusina Amai Hakuendwi.
Do not journey where there are no mothers.
Read Busi's WelcomeA Welcome from Busi
For me, this proverb has never simply meant mothers by birth. It speaks of something much deeper. It reminds us that life was never meant to be travelled alone.
Every one of us needs someone who has walked the path before us.
Someone who encourages us.
Someone who notices when we are tired.
Someone who gently says,
Come, mwanangu… let us walk together.
That is the spirit of the Babue Village.
I don't see myself simply as an occupational therapist. Or a researcher. Or a founder. Or a babywearing professional. Those are all part of my story. But here, my deepest hope is simply to walk alongside you. Not because I have every answer. But because I have been blessed to learn from many remarkable teachers.
From my grandmother.
From my mom.
From my mother-in-law.
From mothers in Zimbabwe.
From occupational therapy.
From neuroscience.
From psychology.
From social work.
From biomechanics.
From anthropology.
From my own children.
From families around the world.
The Babue Village is my way of passing those gifts forward as companionship.
So…
Come.
Let's walk together.
How to Walk Through the Village
There is no right place to begin.
You may arrive wondering why your shoulders hurt.
Another family may come looking for a baby carrier.
Someone else may be searching for encouragement after birth.
Others may simply be curious about traditional African babywearing practices.
Whatever brings you here… Welcome.
This village will continue growing alongside your family. These are only the first paths. Many more will unfold with time.
The Village Square
Every journey begins here.
This is where we meet. Here you'll discover the heart behind Babue.
Walk This Path →Mbereko
Where Every Life Is Held
What does it mean to be held? Every path through the Babue Village begins here.
Walk This Path →The Learning House
Understanding how carrying works.
This is where curiosity lives.
Walk This Path →Ngano Around the Fire
Stories carry wisdom.
Pull up a stool. The fire is warm. Someone has a story to tell.
Walk This Path →Nziyo Dzakatirera
The Songs That Raised Us
Come, let's sing together. Every village has its songs.
Walk This Path →Kusungira
Holding the Caregiver
Before mothers carry babies… families carry mothers.
Walk This Path →Kurera Mwana
Raising children together.
Babywearing is only one chapter of childhood. Here we'll explore the wider village that helps children flourish.
Walk This Path →What Science Is Discovering
Ancient wisdom. Modern understanding.
Modern research is helping explain practices communities have lived for generations.
Walk This Path →Ruwadzano: Women's Fellowship
Hope grows here.
Because wisdom grows in community. And hope is something we carry together.
Walk This Path →Around the Fire
Everyone has something to teach.
Conversations with researchers, parents, elders, healthcare professionals, educators, and members of our community.
Walk This Path →Nhaka: Legacy
When you carry your baby, you carry another mother too.
Receiving care naturally becomes offering care.
Walk This Path →Everything Is ConnectedThe Circle That Holds Everything Together
As you spend time in the village, you may begin to notice something. Everything is connected.
Pressure leads us into biomechanics.
Biomechanics helps us understand the body.
The body reminds us that mothers need support too.
Support leads us to Kusungira.
Kusungira reminds us of grandmothers.
Grandmothers tell Ngano (stories).
Ngano (stories) become Nziyo (songs).
Nziyo (songs) help regulate little nervous systems.
Co-regulation leads us into neuroscience.
Neuroscience helps us better understand Mbereko.
And Mbereko quietly brings us back to where we began.
The village.
This is how children have always grown. Not through isolated ideas. But within an ecology of relationships.
The Womb becomes the Mbereko.
The Mbereko becomes the village.
The Village becomes Hunhu.
And Hunhu becomes the way we raise children.
Welcome.
There is a place for you here.
Come, mwanangu.
Let's walk together.
A Continuum of Care
In many African cultures, language carries layers of meaning. Words are not only descriptive — they hold memory, philosophy, and lived wisdom. When placed together, the Shona words for womb, birth, and carrying a child reveal something profound about how our ancestors understood the early relationship between mother and child.
Read the Story →Heritage & LanguageThe Meaning of Mbereko
In Zimbabwe, a baby carrier is called Mbereko. But there is no single English word that fully captures what Mbereko means. It is to speak of an African understanding of how life is held.
Read the Story →Heritage & LanguageThe Meaning of Gogo
In Zimbabwe, the word Gogo means grandmother. But like many words in our languages, its meaning reaches beyond a simple title. A Gogo is the keeper of rhythms — the one who has carried babies before, who watches quietly, guiding younger mothers with gentle wisdom that often needs no explanation.
Read the Story →The Learning HouseWeight Distribution
Two carriers can hold exactly the same baby, yet feel completely different on your body. The difference isn't your baby's weight. The difference is how that weight is distributed.
Read the Story →The tradition, made for today.
Each Babue carrier is designed to honor the ancestral wisdom of holding life close.