Back Vlag van Ghana AF የጋና ሰንደቅ ዓላማ AM علم غانا Arabic علم جانا ARZ Bandera de Ghana AST Qana bayrağı AZ Kobér Ghana BAN Сцяг Ганы BE Сьцяг Ганы BE-X-OLD Национално знаме на Гана Bulgarian
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| Use | National flag, civil and state ensign    |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 6 March 1957 |
| Design | A horizontal triband of the Ethiopian Pan-African colors of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre |
| Designed by | Theodosia Okoh |
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| Use | Civil ensign    |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton |
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| Use | Naval ensign  |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | Red English St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton. |
The national flag of Ghana consists of a horizontal triband of red, yellow, and green. It was designed in replacement of the British Gold Coast's Blue Ensign.[1]
The flag, which was adopted upon the independence of the Dominion of Ghana on 6 March 1957, was designed that same year by Theodosia Okoh, a renowned Ghanaian artist.[2][3][4][5] The flag was flown from the time of Ghana's independence until 1962,[6] then reinstated in 1966 after Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown by coup d'état. in February 1966. The flag of Ghana consists of the Ethiopian Pan-African colours of red, gold, and green in horizontal stripes with a black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold stripe. The Ghanaian flag was the second African flag after the flag of the Ethiopian Empire to feature the red, gold, and green colours, although these colours are inverted. The design of the Ghanaian flag influenced the designs of the flags of Guinea-Bissau (1973) and São Tomé and Príncipe (1975).
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Okohwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Celebs, African (2018-03-06). "Mrs Theodosia Okoh: The Woman Who Designed The Ghanaian Flag – African Celebs". Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Rich, Jeremy (2011-12-08), "Okoh, Theodosia Salome", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.49700, ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1
- ^ Aikins, Ama de-Graft; Koram, Kwadwo (2017-02-16), "Health and Healthcare in Ghana, 1957–2017", The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years after Independence, Oxford University Press, pp. 365–384, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198753438.003.0022, ISBN 978-0-19-875343-8
- ^ "Ghana Flag & Coat of Arms".