Talented toes: A Nigerian artist with cerebral palsy
By DW
17 September 2022 |
7:56 am
Nigeria’s got talent: Her name is Toma Onu, a creative painter who uses her toes to create one-of-a-kind artworks. Toma lives with cerebral palsy, but this has not deterred her from sharing her art with the world.
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