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As a result, the country drew the admiration of many newly independent states in Africa. The adoption of the Ethiopian national colours by many Pan-African entities is a consequence of this. The first African state to adopt a gold, red and green flag upon independence was Ghana in 1957, designed by Theodosia Okoh. [3] [4]
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. The color red (of the rings [in the center]) stand for African ...
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.
These colors are also reflected in the Pan-African flag (black, red, and green) and the Ethiopian flag (green, gold, and red), which both have uplifting backgrounds that highlight the resilience ...
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]
Free Aceh Movement Adjara African Union Alexandria Algeria Algeria (naval ensign) Alphen aan den Rijn Amazonas Amsterdam [29] Angola [30] [31] Arkansas Armenia [32] [33] Artigas Flag, cooficial flag of Uruguay and former flag of Liga Federal Aruba Australia [34] [35] [36] Australia (civil ensign) Australia (naval ensign)
Flag of the Orange Free State; Progress Pride flag (2018) Flag of Réunion (Proposed) Flag of Rishon LeZion; Flag of San Jose, California; Flag of the Church of Scotland; Sikh flag; Flag of South Africa (1928-1994) Flag of Sri Lanka; Flag of the Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina; Flag of Zakynthos; Flag of Zambia
Progress Pride Flag. In 2018, artist Daniel Quasar debuted this flag, which added pink and blue stripes to represent the trans community and included the black and brown stripes to represent ...