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The pan-African flag (also known as the Afro-American flag, Black Liberation flag, UNIA flag, and various other names) is an ethnic flag representing pan-Africanism, the African diaspora, and/or black nationalism. [1] [2] [3] A tri-color flag, it consists of three equal horizontal bands of (from top down) red, black, and green. [4]
The commercial agreement with Firestone Tire dealt a severe blow to the UNIA's African repatriation program and inspired speculation that the actions were linked. [10] The UNIA flag (also known as the Pan-African flag and Black Nationalist Flag) uses three colors: red, black and green.
Several pan-African organizations and movements have also often employed the emblematic red, black and green tri-color scheme in variety of contexts. [79] Another flag that inspired pan-African groups is the horizontal tricolor of green, yellow and red.
The Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA), later renamed the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East, Central and Southern Africa (PAFMECSA) was a political and Pan-Africanist organisation that was formed to campaign for the independence of the countries of East and Central Africa (and later Southern Africa [1] [2]) from colonial and white minority rule. [3]
The man accused of using a flamethrower to set fire to a Pan-African flag flying on a pole outside the headquarters of The post Black man torched Uhuru Movement’s Pan-African flag because he ...
The Pan-African flag, designed by the UNIA and formally adopted on August 13, 1920. Marcus Garvey (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) : A prominent Pan-Africanist.In this 1922 picture, Garvey is shown in a military uniform as the "Provisional President of Africa" during a parade on the opening day of the annual Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World at Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York City.
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In 1996, a tricolor red-green-black flag design was proposed, based on the Pan-African flag, and the flags of the MPLA and UNITA. In 2003, another flag was proposed, with 2 blue stripes at the top and bottom, 1 large red central stripe, and 2 small white stripes to separate them.