United States of Latin Africa

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United States of Latin Africa
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The flag as adopted by the Legislative Assembly of Ubangi-Shari on 1 December 1958 placed onto the coar of arms
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Location of Latin Africa

The United States of Latin Africa (

Barthélémy Boganda. Boganda first called for it in May 1957.[1]

The countries to be part of this large federal entity were

Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. The idea's implementation was cut short by Boganda's death in a plane crash on 29 March 1959.[2] Boganda viewed this entity to be a counterweight to the powerful British-influenced southern bloc of South Africa and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.[1]

The idea of the United States of Latin Africa was criticised by

Catholic Africa, and that it would allegedly create a religious division against secular, English-speaking Africa, which he called Protestant Africa. According to Wright, these ideas reflected only the attitudes of those Africans educated in France or Britain, the dominant European powers of that time. He called instead for a Pan-African approach.[3]

Flag

The flag of the Central African Republic was designed by Barthélemy Boganda, who would become its first president. It was originally intended to be the flag of the United States of Latin Africa, which he proposed in 1957.[4] The flag was adopted by the Legislative Assembly of Ubangi-Shari on 1 December 1958. At the time it was introduced, Boganda stated in the national Legislative Assembly that "Those colours, which symbolise the four territories constituting the French Equatorial Africa but also our guide territory, the Metropolitan France, came out of my heart. The red stripe which crosses the four colours is the symbol of our blood. As we did it when France was in danger, we shall shed our blood for Africa and to protect the Central African Republic, member of the French Community."[5]

President

Napoleon I.[7]

The flag remained in place after the Central African Empire fell.

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-537420-9
    , pp. 102-103
  2. ^ "Death of a Strongman". TIME. 1959-04-13. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  3. ^ R. Wright, « To French Readers », Mississippi Quarterly, 42, 4, 1989 (Automne) {1959}
  4. ISBN 0-8108-4913-5
    .
  5. ^ Berry, Bruce (1 January 2016). "Central African Republic". Flags of the World. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  6. ^ Berry, Bruce (4 May 2014). "Central African Republic - 1976 Flag Project". Flags of the World. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. ^ Berry, Bruce (3 May 2014). "Central African Empire (1976 - 1979)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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