Ghana
Flag
Adopted: 1957
The flag features three horizontal stripes of red, yellow, and green with a black five-pointed star centered on the yellow stripe.
Flag fun fact: Ghana's flag was the first sub-Saharan African flag to use the Pan-African colors, which were later adopted by many other African nations.
Colors
redyellowgreenblackwhite
Design elements
stripesstar
Flag family: Pan-African
Country context
Capital city: Accra
West Africa · Africa
Independent from British · 1957
BritishPortuguese
Presidential republic
UNCommonwealthAfrican Union
