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ID298579
NOMBREI V O Modo
NOMBRESI V
APELLIDOO Modo
FIRMAMODO I V O
AFILIACIONESDepartment of Social Anthropology/Sociology, National University of Lesotho, P.O. Roma 180, Lesotho, South Africa
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS6
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1999
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2011
ÍNDICE H1

  • Socio-cultural Factors Responsible for Increasing Rate of HIV/Aids in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria

    Open AccessI V O ModoARTICLEStudies on Ethno-Medicine2011

    To review the impact on the health of women of legally induced abortion, this paper draws on the published abortion statistics of Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries to examine the consistency of the demographic pattern of legally induced abortion with the known epidemiology of medical conditions that are abortion related.The age distribution of women having abortions is modelled.The social gradient of abortion is considered.Trends in Pa…

  • Socio-cultural Factors Responsible for Increasing Rate of HIV/Aids in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria

    Open AccessI V O Modo, Felicia N Modo et al.ARTICLEStudies on Ethno-Medicine2011

    Akwa Ibom State is rated second in terms of HIV/AIDS pandemic (with 8.1 seroprevalence rate) out of the 36 states in Nigeria1. The authors carried out an intensive three month fieldwork in Uyo capital area and its surrounding villages of Itam, Itiam and Mbiabong Anyaya, using purposive and random sampling techniques. The findings show that the people’s belief system and socio-cultural practices favour the contracting and spread of HIV/AIDS. The r…

  • Dual Legal System, Basotho Culture and Marital Stability

    I V O ModoARTICLEJournal of Comparative Family…2002Citada por: 1

    The typical Basotho community in Lesotho believes in customary marriages. However, through proclamation 74 of 1871, Christian marriage was recognized as marriage at par with the Basotho Customary marriage. Today Lesotho has a dual legal system: the British or received Roman Dutch Law from the Cape Colony and the Basotho Customary Law. Theoretically the two legal systems have produced two different sets of cultural groups. Those who adhere to cust…

  • Migrant Culture and Changing Face of Family Structure in Lesotho

    I V O ModoARTICLEJournal of Comparative Family…2001Citada por: 5

    The sotho speaking people of Lesotho value their indigenous family culture and independent development path. The influence from their bigger South African neighbour, (especially since Lesotho males of working age are drawn massively for the South African mines) has tended over the years to affect sotho culture adversely. This external influence is further exacerbated by the dysfunctional indigenous practice of "setsoalle", a euphemism for 'nyatsi…

  • The Changing Family Structure and Legal Lag in Lesotho

    I V O ModoARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2001

    Universally, the family is seen as the building block of the society. In Lesotho family law, proclamation 74 of 1871 succinctly spelled out those whom the society recognised as being married under the customary and Christian tradition. Over the years, the migration of able-bodied Lesotho men, especially in the very last quarter of the Twentieth Century, affected this marriage system and contributed in various ways to the prevalence of women singl…

  • A cultural panacea to the problem of 'Malelessness' in Igbo land of Nigeria-the study of Eze-Chima Clan

    Open AccessI V O ModoARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1999