Flag of the Republic of Guinea
Description
- Three equal vertical bands of red, yellow and green with no emblem
- Uses the Pan-African palette in a layout mirroring the flag of neighbouring Mali
- Adopted on 10 November 1958, weeks after Guinea rejected membership of the French Community
Trivia
- Guinea became independent on 2 October 1958 after being the only territory to vote 'No' to de Gaulle's community
- The three colours also match the national motto 'Travail, Justice, Solidarité'
- Mali's flag uses the same colours in the reverse horizontal order with vertical bands
Flag of Guinea
Guinea's flag is a vertical tricolour of red, yellow and green with no emblem. The Pan-African colours were chosen deliberately under the pan-African leadership of Sékou Touré: red for the blood of martyrs and the sacrifices of labour, yellow for the sun, gold and the country's mineral wealth, and green for the vegetation, agriculture and rural solidarity of the nation.
Guinea was the only French African territory to vote 'No' to Charles de Gaulle's 1958 community referendum and gained immediate independence on 2 October that year. The flag was adopted just weeks later, on 10 November 1958. Its layout is a mirror image of Mali's later tricolour, itself a deliberate Pan-African echo, reflecting a brief political union between the two states.
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