Imagine the disgust felt by black nationalist Marcus Garvey when he first heard the 1900 song mocking the African diaspora and its lack of a flag. Not only was there a racist song deriding the ...
A country in the North African region, Libya changed its flag in 2011 following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Libya reverted to the flag it used from 1951 to 1969, which consists of red, black, and ...
Symbols matter. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t be in the midst of such acrimonious debate about the Confederate flag, 150 years after the end of the Civil War. Most of its defenders assert — ...
Across Africa, nations take great pride in their flags, with each design telling a unique story. While many African flags are ...