Black Star of Africa

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The Black Star of Africa is a black

anti-colonialism. Described as the "Lodestar of African Freedom", the black star was used in 1957 by Theodosia Okoh in the design of the Flag of Ghana.[1]

Ghana

Ghanaians have come to regard the Black Star as a specific symbol of Ghana rather than of Africa in general.[2] As well as on the flag, the star appears on the coat of arms; on the Black Star Gate in Black Star Square in the capital, Accra;[1] and on the Seat of State in Parliament, on which the President sits on ceremonial occasions.[3] The Ghana national football team is nicknamed the "Black Stars".[4] The house flag of Ghana's former national shipping carrier, the Black Star Line, also featured the star.[5]

Elsewhere

The Black Star was also in the flag of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) on which the flag of Guinea-Bissau and the former flag of Cape Verde were based. The flag of São Tomé and Príncipe uses the same Pan-African colours of Ethiopia with two black stars, one each for São Tomé and Príncipe.[6] The flag of the short-lived Union of African States had three black stars, one for each member state. Black Star Industries, named after the Black Star Line, is a commercial venture associated with the U.S. African People's Socialist Party.[7]

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Citations

  1. ^ a b Lentz 2008, p. 11.
  2. ^ Lentz 2008, p. 12"Most contemporary Ghanaians, however, tend to interpret the Black Star as a uniquely Ghanaian symbol rather than one borrowed from an older pan-Africanist movement."
  3. ^ Lentz 2008, pp. 3, 11.
  4. . Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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  7. ^ "Black Star Industries". African People's Socialist Party. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

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