Celebrating World Braille Day 2022 with Victoria Oruwari

In celebration of all things Braille for World Braille Day 2022 (Tuesday 4 January 2022) Connect Radio's Toby Davey chats with blind singer Victoria Oruwari to find out what Braille means to her and how Victoria might be celebrating the life of Louis Braille on World Braille Day.

Victoria is a blind singer who has performed on stage with many orchestras including the Paraorchestra, and the Inner Vision Orchestra just to name a couple. 

Victoria began by telling Toby about learning Braille at a very early age at school in Nigeria and how she picked Braille up very quickly too.

Victoria shared with Toby how she uses Braille on a day-to-day basis, telling the time through her Braille watch, labelling all her lipsticks in Braille to ensure she has the right one to match her make up and how she uses Braille music when rehearsing for performances and concerts.

Victoria says she will be celebrating World Braille Day by baking a cake and using chocolate buttons to write out in Braille on the cake ‘Happy Birthday Louis Braille’!

The RNIB website and shop have a wide range of information and resources on learning Braille and more details can be found by visiting - 

To find out more about Victoria, her music and details of any of her upcoming performances do visit her website - http://www.victoriaoruwari.com

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