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Flag of Mali. The national flag of Mali (drapeau national du Mali) is a tricolour with three equal vertical stripes. From the hoist (the place where the flagpole meets the flag) the colours are green, gold, and red, the pan-African colours. The flag of Mali is almost identical to the flag of Guinea, with the exception that the colours are in ...
Proposed Flag for Azawad: A white Field with a blue Star and crescent in the center. [4] 2012–present: Flag of The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad: A horizontal tricolor of green, red and black with a yellow triangle based on the hoist side. [4] Used as the national flag of the unrecognized State of Azawad from 2012 to 2013.
The Mali Empire was also known for its thriving trade network, which stretched across the Sahara Desert and into North Africa and the Middle East. The modern countries included are Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mauritania, and parts of Niger and Burkina Faso. But Mali itself is the centre of the empire.
Flags also conceptually represent a country's core values, such as group membership and love for the country. [6] In 1975, American vexillologist Whitney Smith stated thus regarding the role of flags in society: [7] [8] [9] So strong is the tradition of flags, we may not be far from the truth in surmising that there is a law – not of nature ...
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The Mali Empire (Manding: Mandé [3] or Manden Duguba; [4] [5] Arabic: مالي, romanized: Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita (c. 1214 – c. 1255) and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita).
Scholars wrote their own books as part of a socioeconomic model. Students were charged with copying these books and any other books they could get their hands on. Today there are over 700,000 manuscripts in Timbuktu with many dating back to West Africa's Golden Age (12th-16th centuries).
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