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Sender Linda Halabi (Ghana)
The national flag of Ghana was designed and adopted in 1957
and was flown until 1962, and then reinstated in 1966. It consists of the
Pan-African colours of red, yellow, and green, in horizontal stripes, with a
black five-pointed star in the center of the gold stripe. The Ghanaian flag was
the second African flag after the flag of the Ethiopian Empire to feature these
colours. The flag's design influenced that of the flag of Guinea-Bissau (1973).
It was designed by Theodosia Okoh.
The red represents the blood of those who died in the
country's struggle for independence from the Great Britain, the gold represents
the mineral wealth of the country, the green symbolizes the country's rich
forests and natural wealth, and the black star is the symbol of African
emancipation. The black star was adopted from the flag of the Black Star Line,
a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey that operated from 1919 to 1922.
It is where the Ghana national football team draw their nickname, the Black
Stars, from.
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