Pan-African Flags

The green vertical stripe beside horizontal yellow and red bands was used from 1959, dropped in 1975 and restored in 1990. The...

The red and green pan African bands joined by a yellow five pointed star were adopted under Thomas Sankara in 1984. The star is...

The vertical green, red and yellow bands carry a single star in the center band, the pan African scheme with a star of unity...

The green, yellow and red bands inspired the pan African colors across the continent after Ethiopia resisted colonization. The...

Designed by the artist Theodosia Okoh and raised at independence in 1957, it was the second African flag after that of Ethiopia...

A vertical red stripe bearing a black star sits beside yellow and green bands. The design follows the flag of the party that led...

Black, red and green bands edged in white carry the shield and two spears of the Maasai people. The shield stands for the defense...

The 1994 design merges colors of the liberation movement with those of the old republics, with a green Y-shaped band that...

Five horizontal bands of green and white run beside a red canton bearing a gold star, with the pan African colors arranged in the...