Flag History | Ghana was the first country in black Africa to use the Ethiopian colors, which has since been called pan-African. The black star symbolizes the lodestar of African freedom. The red commemorates those who worked for independence, the gold(yellow) represents the wealth of the country (its former name was the Gold Coast) and the green stands for forests and farms. |
Flag Date of Adoption | 6 March 1957 |
Flag Symbolism | three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band |