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A five-pointed black star on a gold band.
Also known as: Ghana black star, Lodestar of African freedom, Black five-pointed star
The black star on Ghana's flag was taken from the Black Star Line, Marcus Garvey's shipping company, and it links Ghanaian independence to the wider Pan-African movement. Ghana's flag was the first African flag to use the Ethiopian red-gold-green scheme after independence.
Denotes African emancipation on the flag of Ghana, drawn as a black five-pointed star on the central gold band.
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Takes its name and reference from Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line shipping company, linking Ghanaian independence to Pan-Africanism.
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Appeared on the first African flag to adopt the Ethiopian red-gold-green scheme after independence in 1957, a pattern many later African flags followed.
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A five-pointed star drawn solid black, centred on a horizontal gold band between red above and green below.