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When Rhodesia became Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979, a new flag was adopted with more African elements on 2 September of that year. [5] This flag was, however, short-lived, as the self-declared state soon reverted to British rule before gaining independence as Zimbabwe in 1980.
The flag of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front. The national flag of Zimbabwe is made up of five different colours: Green, gold, red, black and white. [13] Officially, the colours of the flag of Zimbabwe carry political, regional, and cultural meanings. Green represents the agriculture and rural areas of Zimbabwe.
This is a list of flags used in Southern Rhodesia between 1890–1964 and 1979–1980 and Rhodesia between 1964 and 1979. The evolution of Southern Rhodesia from a British South African Company concern, to a British Colony, then to a member of a Federal Government, then to a self-declared state is evident by the different flags used.
Flag Date Use Description 1980 – National Flag of Zimbabwe: Seven equal horizontal stripes of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow and green with a white triangle with its base at the hoist, fimbriated in black, containing a red five-pointed star on which is superimposed a representation of the Zimbabwe Bird in yellow.
Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The region was long inhabited by the San, and was settled by Bantu peoples around 2,000 years ago.
The flag of Southern Rhodesia was a blue ensign, later changed to a sky-blue ensign, with the coat of arms of Southern Rhodesia on it. The flag was in use in Southern Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe) from 1924 to 1953 and from 1963 to 1965. It was also used by the unrecognised Rhodesia from 1965 to 1968.
The Zimbabwe Bird. The stone-carved Zimbabwe Bird is the national emblem of Zimbabwe, appearing on the national flags and coats of arms of both Zimbabwe and former Rhodesia, as well as on banknotes and coins (first on the Rhodesian pound and then on the Rhodesian dollar).
Flag of British Somaliland: 1950–1953: Flag of British Somaliland: 1953–1960: Flag of British Somaliland: 1960: Flag of the State of Somaliland: 1991–1996: Flag of the Republic of Somaliland: 1857–1874, 1875–1877, 1881–1902: Flag of the South African Republic: 1874–1875: Flag of the South African Republic: 1910–1912: Flag of the ...
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