{"id":181,"date":"2019-10-16T16:09:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/tourismeetdeveloppement\/?p=181"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:09:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:09:31","slug":"the-five-pointed-independence-looking-back-at-a-design-in-the-colors-of-the-past-and-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/tourismeetdeveloppement\/2019\/10\/the-five-pointed-independence-looking-back-at-a-design-in-the-colors-of-the-past-and-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The five-pointed Independence : Looking back at a design in the Colors of the past and the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Floating on the coasts of West Africa, the Ghanaian flag reminds the memories of a colonized continent, but above all the weight of the wealth and the sacrifice of a nation. – <\/span>Oph\u00e9lie Aebischer<\/em><\/p>\n

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An unifying flag<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By what it symbolises, the Ghanaian flag is a key object in the analysis of the country. Putting in perspective its history, its geography and its economy all at the same time, it is the symbol of a homeland and its development.<\/p>\n

It is in 1957, on the occasion of the Ghanaian Independence, that this flag was introduced.(1) By choosing to colour these three vertical lines in red, yellow and green, and gracing the middle with a five-pointed black star, the designer Mrs. Theodosia Salome Okoh let the country\u2019s geo-policy sway her.(2)\u00a0 Red represents the fighters who bled for the Independence ; yellow symbolises the mineral wealth of the country (gold) ; green reminds the natural spaces and forests. Finally, the star stands as \u00ab the guiding symbol of African freedom \u00bb.(3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A wind of change<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Previously colonised by Portugal, and then by The Great Britain, Ghana had been first named El Mina, then the Gold Coast, until the emancipation of March 6th, 1957 when the new design appeared.(4) Although its current flag dates back to this famous Independence\u2019s year, it has been changed three times : in 1959, the country joins the Union of African States with Guinea, and sees its star doubled, then tripled when Mali joins them. In 1962, the country takes back its original flag by changing the central strip that has become white in support to the Convention Peoples Party of Kwame Nkrumah. It is only in 1966 that it takes back its original colours. After Ethiopia, Ghana was the first African flag to wear the Pan-African shades.(5) It also was the initiator of the national Football team\u2019s name, the Black Stars.(6)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Oph\u00e9lie Aebischer<\/p>\n

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(1) Government of Ghana : About Ghana. The National Flag. https:\/\/ghana.gov.gh\/index.php\/88-the-national- flag (consulte? le 30.05.2019)<\/p>\n

(2) Idem.<\/p>\n

(3) Petit fute? (2015) : \u00ab Ghana \u00bb in Petit fute?. Editions : Les Nouvelles Editions de l\u2019Universite\u0301. p.9.<\/p>\n

(4) Ibid., p.22.<\/p>\n

(5) Government of Ghana : About Ghana. The National Flag. https:\/\/ghana.gov.gh\/index.php\/88-the-national- flag (consulte? le 04.06.2019)<\/p>\n

(6) Idem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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