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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]
Numerous African countries have adopted the colours into their national flags, and they are similarly used as a symbol by many Pan-African organisations and the Rastafari movement. Red, black , and green, first introduced by Marcus Garvey in 1920, have also come to represent Pan-Africanism, and are shown on the pan-African flag .
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.
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 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 term Pan-African was coined by Kennedy 1964 for a tectono-thermal event at about 500 Ma when a series of mobile belts in Africa formed between much older African cratons. At the time, other terms were used for similar orogenic events on other continents, i.e. Brasiliano in South America; Adelaidean in Australia; and Beardmore in Antarctica.
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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.