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Eleven of the 27 members of the 1952 National Executive Committee (NEC) were banned; and by 1955, 42 ANC leaders, including Walter Sisulu, had been banned. [11] During the 1950s, while the ANC intensified its domestic programme of protest action, it also began calling in the international arena for sanctions against the apartheid state.
A recreation ground in Raasay, Scotland displaying a sign that reads "Please do not use this playing field on Sundays", reflecting a commitment to first-day Sabbatarian Christian doctrine. Because of Christian religious orthodoxy, it was considered offensive to work on Sunday, which was expected to be a day of worship and rest from servile labor.
Complaints by London merchants led King Edward II of England to issue a proclamation banning football in London on 13 April 1314 because "there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls from which many evils may arise which God forbid; we command and forbid, on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future."
In the First World War, British propaganda took various forms, including pictures, literature and film. Britain also placed significant emphasis on atrocity propaganda as a way of mobilising public opinion against Imperial Germany and the Central Powers during the First World War. [1] For the global picture, see Propaganda in World War I.
Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e]
Following the start of a period of sustained growth of women's football in Nigeria in the early 1940s, during which a number of teams were founded, the British colonial administration banned the sport in 1950, citing the 1921 ban in England as precedent. However, the ban was met with resistance, with a number of teams continuing to play, and ...
Between 1915 and 1919 competitive football was suspended in England. Many players signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players instead. The Football League and FA Cup were suspended and in their place regional league competitions were set up; appearances in these tournaments do not count in ...
The ANC was banned by the South African government between April 1960 – shortly after the Sharpeville massacre – and February 1990. During this period, despite periodic attempts to revive its domestic political underground, the ANC was forced into exile by increasing state repression, which saw many of its leaders imprisoned on Robben Island.