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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Tayo"”.
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Coming home: storytelling, place, and identity in N. Scott Momaday's House made of down and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
… House Made of Dawn. Coming home for characters Tayo and Abel involves redirecting of isolated individual energy to the whole community, enabling them to return to their estranged homes. Traumatic experiences in the war have alienated these men to the point where they can no longer claim place, …
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The healing power : mythology as medicine in contemporary American Indian literature
… Silko's Ceremony presents its main character, Tayo, as alienated. He operates in a confusing world of dualities whereby the hegemonic culture brutalizes a feminine universe, and the counter-culture embraces a feminine universe. This study of Ceremony necessitates exploring the differences …
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The Architecture of Stakeholder Collaboration: Unpacking Institutional Enablers and Constraints in University Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneurship education (EE) has gained global prominence as a driver of innovation, employment, and economic development. In Nigeria, however, its implementation remains constrained by inadequate policies, weak coordination, and misaligned stakeholder priorities. These challenges are not merely …
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Theoretical modelling of temperature and rainfall inuence on Schistosoma species population dynamics
Schistosomiasis, otherwise known as snail fever or bilharzia, is caused by parasitic at- worms called schistosomes. In human, these schistosomes infected the intestines or the urinary tract where they develop to form other acute and chronic diseases which include fever, malaise, severe abdominal …
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Assessment of water supply in the informal settlement of Lagos Mainland local government area, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos State, is one of Africa's most economically vibrant and crowded cities. Less than 60% of Lagos residents have access to potable drinking water, and the situation is worse in informal settlements, where more than 60% of the state's population reside. The ambiguity …
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Analysis and fabrication of paraboloidal CFRP sandwich mirrors.
The low areal weight requirements of telescopes in aerospace applications has driven the study on composite mirrors for several years. For example, the primary parabolic mirror in a balloon-borne, Cassegrain telescope required an optical quality better than 30 microns in figure RMS error. A …
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Possibilities For Advanced Practice Nursing Through The Eyes Of Physicians: A Descriptive Qualitative Study In Enugu State, Nigeria
<p>Nigeria’s critical health care needs and shortage of physicians have led to the independent practice of experienced registered nurses (RNs). These nurses practice without having studied a curriculum specifically geared toward this advanced level, which is not optimal for health outcomes. …
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The Story is Everything: The Path to Renewal in Leslie Marmon Silko's <em>Ceremony</em>.
… complicated by a Native American heritage. Tayo's struggle to complete his ceremony and find renewal is intertwined with his interaction with the medicine man Betonie and the mysterious woman Ts'eh. By the end of the novel, Silko shows that only through a respect for the world can mankind …