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Ghana Independence Day

Red, gold and green with a black star, and kente cloth woven in the same strong colours.

Ghana 50th Anniversary. Indep, Christiansbourg, Accra.
Photo: Niyyie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of Ghana Independence Day

On 6 March 1957 Ghana became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to win independence from colonial rule. Its flag, designed by Theodosia Okoh, took the red, gold and green of Ethiopia and added a black star: red for those who died in the struggle, gold for mineral wealth, green for forests and farms, and the star for African freedom. The day is marked with school parades at Black Star Square in Accra. Many people wear kente, the strip-woven cloth of the Asante and Ewe peoples, in which every colour has a meaning: gold for wealth and royalty, green for growth, blue for peace, black for maturity and the ancestors. Faces are painted in the flag's colours.

#CE1126Flag redThose who died for independence.
#FCD116Flag goldThe mineral wealth of the country.
#006B3FFlag greenForests and farms.
#000000Black starThe lodestar of African freedom.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

GoldWealth and royalty in kente.RedSacrifice.GreenThe land.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Independence Day (Ghana)" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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