Flag of the Republic of Mali
Description
- A vertical tricolour of green, yellow, and red of equal width
- Uses the Pan-African colours arranged in the same order as the Ethiopian flag but rotated vertically
- Adopted on 1 March 1961, replacing an earlier version that bore a black human figure (the kanaga) at centre
Trivia
- The original 1959 flag carried a black human figure called the kanaga at its centre
- The figure was removed in 1961 after objections from the country's Muslim majority to depictions of people
- The flag shares its colour order with Guinea, which uses the same tricolour in reverse
- Green, yellow, and red are the Pan-African colours inspired by Ethiopia's tricolour
Flag of Mali
Mali's flag is a vertical tricolour of green, yellow, and red in equal widths. Adopted on 1 March 1961, it uses the Pan-African colours inspired by Ethiopia's tricolour, signalling solidarity with other African independence movements. Green represents the land and hope, yellow symbolises purity and the country's mineral wealth, and red honours the blood shed in the struggle for independence from France, which was achieved in 1960.
An earlier version adopted in 1959 for the short-lived Mali Federation featured a black human figure called the kanaga at its centre. After the federation dissolved and Mali became a standalone republic, the figure was removed in 1961 following objections from the country's Muslim majority to pictorial depictions of people. The flag has been unchanged since.
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