Sao Tome and Principe Flag

Flag History

The two stars represent the two main islands of the nation: Sao Tome and Principe. The red stands for the blood shed in the struggle for independence, the green is the color of the rich vegetation and the yellow represents cocoa, which is the main agricultural products.

Flag Date of Adoption

5 November 1975

Flag Symbolism

three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Sao Tome and Principe National Anthem

Listen to National Anthem
Anthem History Independência total is the national anthem of São Tomé and Príncipe. The anthem, adopted in 1975, was written by Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo and composed by Manuel dos Santos Barreto de Sousa e Almeida.
Anthem Lyrics

Independência total



CHORUS:


Independência total,


Glorioso canto do porvo,


Independência total,


Hino sagrado de combate.

Dinamismo


Na luta nacional,


Juramento eterno


No pais soberano de São Tomé e Príncipe.

Guerrilheiro da guerra sem armas na mão,


Chama viva na alma do porvo,


Congregando os filhos das ilhas


Em redor da Pátria Imortal.

Independência total, total e completa,


Costruindo, no progresso e na paz,


A nação ditosa da Terra,


Com os braços heróicos do povo.

CHORUS


Trabalhando, lutando, presente em vencendo,


Caminhamos a passos gigantes


Na cruzada dos povos africanos,


Hasteando a bandeira nacional.

Voz do porvo, presente, presente em conjunto,


Vibra rijo no coro da esperança


Ser herói no hora do perigo,


Ser herói no ressurgir do País.

CHORUS


Dinamismo


Na luta nacional,


Juramento eterno


No pais soberano de São Tomé e Príncipe.

Anthem Lyrics English CHORUS:


Total independence,


Glorious song of the people,


Total independence,


Sacred hymn of combat.

Dynamism


In the national struggle,


Eternal oath


To the sovereign country of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Warriors in the war without weapons,


Live flame in the soul of the people,


Congregating the sons of the islands


Around the Immortal Fatherland.

Total independence, total and complete,


Building, in progress and peace,


With the heroic hands of the people,


The happiest nation on earth.

CHORUS


Working, struggling, struggling and conquering,


We go ahead with giant steps


In the crusade of the African peoples,


Raising the national flag.

Voice of the people, present, present and united,


Strong beat in the heart of hope


To be a hero in the hour of peril,


A hero of the Nation's resurgence.

CHORUS


Dynamism


In the national struggle,


Eternal oath


To the sovereign country of São Tomé and Príncipe.

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