Introduction

Hello, my name is Noah Rynne, a student from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. My blog is about the many flags of Africa, what they mean and the similarities they share.

Many African countries use similar designs and colours in their national flags, this is no coincidence. During the scramble for Africa, every part of the continent was conquered by the European powers, except for two, Liberia (a nation made up of freed slaves from the USA) and a country
called Abyssinia, officially known today as Ethiopia.

National flag of Ethiopia - የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንዲራ

Ethiopia was one of the only four African members of the league of nations and was also a founding member of the United Nations. Following the independence of many African countries after WWII, the African Union was set up in Ethiopia and it's headquarters is still found in Addis Ababa.

Following their independence, many African nations admired the refusal of the Ethiopians to bow to European rule, and the use of Ethiopia's Pan-African colours in many of their flags is a direct result of this.

Ghana was the first nation in Africa to adopt the red, gold and green on their flag following their

independence from British rule in 1957.





National flag of Ghana

Below is a video discussing in detail Ethiopia's victory against colonialism in the first Italo-Ethiopian war.

                                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLlc3LQK0bw