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[Rudi]

Here goes:

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Ghana

Use National flag and state ensign
Proportion 2:3
Adopted 1957 (readopted 1966)
Design Horizontal tricolour of red, gold, and green, with a black star in the center
Designed by Theodosia Okoh

Variant flag of Ghana
Use Civil ensign
Proportion 2:3
Design A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton

Variant flag of Ghana
Use Naval ensign
Proportion 2:3
Design Red St. George cross on white ensign, with the national flag in canton.


Ghana flags flying in AccraThe flag of Ghana was designed to replace the flag of the United Kingdom upon attainment of independence in 1957. It was flown until 1959, and then reinstated in 1966. It consists of the Pan-African colours of red, yellow, and green, in horizontal stripes, with a black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold stripe. The Ghanaian flag was the first African flag after the flag of Ethiopia to feature these colours.

The black star was adopted from the flag of the Black Star Line, a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey that operated from 1919 to 1922.,[1] and gives the Ghana national football team their nickname, the Black Stars.

The red represents the blood of those who died in the country's struggle for independence, the gold represents the mineral wealth of the country, the green symbolises the country's rich forests and natural wealth, and the black star stands for "the lodestar of African freedom".[citation needed]

The flag's design influenced that of the flag of Guinea-Bissau (1973).

[Gamma]

and i am saying it ought not to be if for no other reason than because the black stars was not controversial.

[Paul Marin]

is the name "black stars" controversial?

I don't think so...the real question is, would the name "White Stars" be controversial?

[Gamma]

is the name "black stars" controversial?

[Gamma]

isn't that redundant? there is a team called the black stars and there has been no controversy ....except i see you trying to start one in the defence of suarez ....

[Gamma]

there shouldn't be....especially because there is a team called the black stars which has not caused any controversy.

maybe if under apartheid SA had done so .....

[Paul Marin]

That is wrong. Ghana less than other African country had very little warring amongst their 'tribes'. Kwame Nkrumah their leader at independence was a Pan Africanist and a supporter of Marcus Garvey's philosophy. The 'Black Star' for Ghana was a homage to the Black Star Liner shipping fleet started by Marcus Garvey.

Regarding the name "Black Stars" you may be right, but the article says different. I don't know about the reason behind the name so maybe you can give me some source to back up your position.

That said, I don't know what constitutes "very little warring" for you as in the mid nineties, several thousand people died in ethnic conflict in northern Ghana before a peace treaty was reached.

[Rudi]

That is wrong. Ghana less than other African country had very little warring amongst their 'tribes'. Kwame Nkrumah their leader at independence was a Pan Africanist and a supporter of Marcus Garvey's philosophy. The 'Black Star' for Ghana was a homage to the Black Star Liner shipping fleet started by Marcus Garvey.

[Paul Marin]

how could one argue against it? in fact there might be internal squabblings as i am not sure the germans would be happy with the poles carrying and representing the aspirations of the white race.

Do you think that the Zulus of South Africa want the Dagomba tribe of Ghana carrying and representing their aspirations? I speculate that the reason there has been no controversy is because Ghana had to figure out a way to unite their own warring tribes and the only (wholly uncreative) unifying thing was their race, certainly not their respective ethnic heritages.

[Paul Marin]

aMy point was that there is a team with a nickname to reflect their race and it has caused no controversy.

Right, but would there be controversy if that team was a bunch of white players with a nickname to reflect their race?

[Gamma]

how could one argue against it? in fact there might be internal squabblings as i am not sure the germans would be happy with the poles carrying and representing the aspirations of the white race.

[Gamma]

actually that was not my point...LOL!! but yeah ALL THAT TUH!!! my point was that there is a team with a nickname to reflect their race and it has caused no controversy.

[Paul Marin]

what has happened with the black stars of ghana?

They haven't recovered from the shell shock of SA 2010 because of Luis Suarez. Okay okay -- cool it now cool it!!!!

[Paul Marin]

If the name was given under the similar circumstances as say "the black stars", i doubt people would have a problem.

Well, this article says they are called "The Black Stars" to "specifically to reflect the aspirations of the black race". Would that be okay then, for the Polish team to be named "The White Stars" to "specifically to reflect the aspirations of the white race"?

http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/news/l...tells-its-own/

[Gamma]

what has happened with the black stars of ghana? then there is red star belgrade ......