The first African state to adopt a red, gold and green flag upon independence was Ghana in 1957. Well, it all started during the scramble for Africa, Ethiopia was the only African country besides ...

Click to open image viewer. Marcus Garvey designed the African American flag, which looked like the Italian flag, except that it is red, black, and green. But it is so abstract, so pure, that the ...

Across Africa, nations take great pride in their flags, with each design telling a unique story. While many African flags are visually striking, one that stands out as particularly symbolic and ...

I explain how these colors come from the original flag of Ethiopia, most likely due to the fact that this country was not colonized by Europeans in the same way as the rest of the continent, thus ...

National flags emerged from a colourful history that includes military banners, royal standards and maritime communication. Roman legions and armies in Mongolia and China pioneered flags in battle.