Abstract
The present study investigated information dissemination as a tool for curbing the twin cultural practices of wife inheritance and polygamy in Benue state of Nigeria . A total number of 4500 participants ( 2250 men and 2250 women) were drawn in equal number from each of the three senatorial zones in the state for the study. Using a structured questionnaire and simple random sampling techniques, data were collected and analyzed. Independent t-test statistics was used to test the study hypothesis. The result revealed that, (1) there was no significant difference in the perceptions of men and women on polygamous marriages as a mode of Hiv/aids transmission in the state. (ii) There was a significant difference between men and women on the perception of wife inheritance as a mode of Hiv transmission in the state with the men being more aware of the practice of wife inheritance in this regard than the women. It was suggested that, library and information practitioners, having the responsibility of information dissemination, storage and retrieval must go beyond the walls of the library to expose to the average Benue woman the dangers behind these cultural practices, that women should be more proactive to empowering their selves than depending solely on the men. While this is done, it is expected that these cultural practices will gradually go into extinct.
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