INTERVIEW: How I wrote 21 books, survive as a blind author in Nigeria - Michael Abiodun

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INTERVIEW: How I wrote 21 books, survive as a blind author in Nigeria - Michael Abiodun

‘‘The worst kind of disability is visual impairment. Don’t get me wrong, being physically challenged in general is difficult, but things are more difficult for visually impaired people’’.

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