Flag Of Guinea Africa

Guinea coat of arms.

Flag of guinea africa. Download flag of guinea. The national flag of guinea was officially adopted on november 10 1958. Red symbolizes the struggle for independence yellow represents the sun and the riches of the land while green is symbolic of the country s vegetation. The flag of guinea has been adopted in 1958 when the country gained independence from france.

The colors of the flag were adapted from those of the rassemblement démocratique africain the dominant movement at the time of independence the colors were in turn derived from those of the flag of ghana which had first adopted them in 1957. Sékou touré the first president of guinea was. Yellow symbolized mineral wealth the tropical sun. The design is based on the france s tricolor flag which once flew over this country.

The flag consists of a vertical tricolor which commemorates the french flag. Drapeau de la guinée was adopted on 10 november 1958. The national flag of guinea french. The same colours were used by ethiopia the oldest independent african state and by ghana a former british colony that became independent in 1957.

The flag of the african union is a green flag with the dark green map of the african continent on a white sun surrounded by a circle of 53 5 pointed gold yellow stars. As the flag would be exactly the same with the flag of rwanda rwanda was forced to add capital letter r to the middle of the yellow stripe.