Trade Bangle from West Africa, from 1700-1800. It was probably used to promote a trader and his business.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/kUB_4NB-SxeWhXYP-hs81Q

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?genre=African

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2836.htm

http://countrystudies.us/nigeria/

http://www.san.beck.org/16-10-WestAfricaBritish.html#a5

From Patriarchy to Empowerment

To find this book, I searched Women’s Rights and Africa. I was interested in learning about Women’s Rights in other parts of the world as we have touched upon Women’s suffrage in England and America. I thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast the timing and its impact in other nations and British colonies. On the shelves surrounding the book where other books relating to women and women’s rights. One interesting book title was Women in Asia and another was Women in Middle Eastern History. The book caught my eye because of the picture on the cover. It’s women wearing 90s style clothing and holding signs in arabic. When flipping through the book I found a couple chapters to be very interesting including Women in Political Parties in Turkey; Feminist Organizing in Tunisia; Women, Communications, and Democratization in Morocco, and Women’s Empowerment in India. The book also has tables and charts including one that measured women’s civil, political, socioeconomic, and cultural participation and rights and another that I found interesting was one attitudes on girls’ education by educated girls’ and parents’. The book is divided three parts focusing on Political Processes and Women’s Participation, Economic, Social, and Cultural Participation, and Violence, Peace, and Women’s Human Rights. Each section has chapters written by different experts focusing on the overarching topic in a specific nation. When flipping through the book, I found it very interesting to read about how the struggle for Women’s Rights in Tunisia stems from their time under French colonial rule. I think this book would be a great source to read to compliment what we have read about Women’s suffrage in the UK and the U.S.

Moghadam, Valentine M. “From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.” Syracus, NY. Syracuse UP, 2007. Print.

Richards, John F. The Mughal Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Print.

When looking for a book in the library, I started as I usually do. I went onto the Skillman library webpage and searched in the catalog section. I typed in Mughal Empire and history of India. I clicked on the first book on the list and was intrigued by the picture on the cover online, it was a Prince that reminded me of the picture seen on the BBC recording about the Mughal Empire. Locating the book was not too difficult because the search results gives you the location in Skillman, this particular book was located in the Upper level and after following the call number I was able to find the book fairly quickly. As I flipped through the book I was interested in the Map of India located adjacent to the title page that showed the expansion of the Mughal Empire over time; as well as, attempts of Mughal Expansion and the location of the Suri Empire. The book itself is part of a collection of books called the The New Cambridge History of India, the collection is divided into four categories beginning with The Mughals and their Contemporaries, Indian States and the Transition to Colonialism, The Indian Empire and the Beginning of Modern Society, and The Evolution of Contemporary South Asia. Each category has a number of books published under it. The Mughal Empire is divided into twelve chapters, one of which is focused on Jahangir. Jahangir’s chapter is divided into small subsections including Consolidation on the internal frontier, enriching imperial culture, aggression on the northeastern frontier as well as relations with Persia and Central Asia. Just flipping through this chapter gave me insight in the aggressive and expansionist goals Jahangir as well as geographical and religious threats around his empire. Overall, I think this book would allow us more insight on the Mughal Empire and how it was able to maintain its power for so long, especially with succession being open ended. In the case of Jahangir he had almost lost the throne to his eldest son. Succession in the Mughal Empire was determined through military success and through power, as seen by Shah Jahan’s rise to power. Reading this books would allow us better insight on the Mughal Empire and how they could be compared and contrasted to other Empires at the time.