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These were intended to be a combination of the colours of blue, white and red as seen on the Flag of France with the Pan-African colours of green, yellow and red as seen on the flag of Ethiopia. [15] Furthermore, the blue represents the sky and hope; the gold is the sun and desert, and the red signifies the bloodshed over independence.
That flag was used from 1970 to 2002 as the OAU's flag. The color symbolism of the old flag is as follows: The color green symbolizes African hopes and aspiration to unity. The color gold stands for African wealth and bright future. The color white represents the purity of Africa's desire to have genuine friends throughout the world.
This page lists the city flags in Africa. It is a part of the Lists of city flags , which is split into continents due to its size. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Flags of South Africa (1 C, 18 P) Z. Flags of Zimbabwe (4 P, 1 F)
The flag reflected the Union's predecessors. The basis was the Prince's Flag (royal tricolour) of the Netherlands, with the addition of a Union Jack to represent the Cape and Natal, the former Orange Free state flag, and the former South African Republic flag. Until 1957, the flag was flown subordinate to the British Union Jack.
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The flag most commonly identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones (although swords are also common), a flag consisting of a human skull above two long bones (probably tibias) set in an x-mark arrangement, most usually depicted crossing each other directly under the skull, on a black field.