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the Flag of Ghana

In 1957, Theodosia Okoh designed Ghanas flag. It replaced the flag of the United Kingdom when the country gained its independence. The flag consits of three colors: red, gold, and green, the pan-african colors. The flag is horizontaly colored of red, gold, and green, with a black, five pointed star in the center of the gold stripe. The red represents the blood of those who died in the country's struggle for independence, the gold represents the mineral wealth of the country, the green symbolises the country's rich forests and natural wealth, and the black star stands for the lodestar, or the guidance towards their freedom. Another alternate meaning for the star is that it stands for the first independent african nation in the twentieth century. The country even named their national soccer team the Black Stars, after the flag.

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