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The flag features the traditional Pan-African colors of gold, green, red, and also the Black Star of Africa.The flag's design is heavily influenced by the flag of Ghana. The colors have the same meanings: specifically, the red is for the blood of martyrs, green for forests, and gold for mineral wealth. [citation needed]
Featured prominently is a black star, that is part of traditional Pan-African symbolism, and is often referred to as the Black star of Africa. A seashell at the bottom unites two symmetrical olive branches. The seashell is symbolism for the location of the country on the West coast of Africa.
This is what Geography Now covered until the end [5] The Flag Dissection segment examined the meaning and symbolism behind each country's flag. After signing with Studio 71, this segment was moved to a separate video known as Flag/Fan Fridays, later changed to Flag/Fan Days starting with the Cuba episode, though it was brought back in the ...
Flag of Guinea-Bissau The flag of Guinea-Bissau consists of a vertical red stripe on the hoist side charged with a black five-pointed star and two horizontal yellow and green stripes on the fly side. The flag's design is taken from the flag of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde , while the Pan-African colours of ...
The flag symbolises the Portuguese-speaking countries' union: having a blue circle, divided into eight equal wavy shapes (the numbers of members of the CPLP before Equatorial Guinea joined as the ninth member in 2014, despite which a ninth wave has not yet been added to the flag) representing the sea (primary bond between the Community), at the center of a white field, in the center of which a ...
A humanitarian aid flotilla destined for Gaza was halted after Guinea Bissau decided to remove its flag from two vessels, activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Saturday. "The Guinea ...
Pages in category "National symbols of Guinea-Bissau" ... Flag of Guinea-Bissau This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 22:27 (UTC). Text ...
Vexillology (/ ˌ v ɛ k s ɪ ˈ l ɒ l ə dʒ i / VEK-sih-LOL-ə-jee) is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general. [1] A person who studies flags is a vexillologist, one who designs flags is a vexillographer, and the art of designing flags is called vexillography. A hobbyist or ...