Talk:Pan-African colours

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I've removed the Guyanese flag from this list; after all, the country has strong racial tensions, and the black population is only 30% of the country. Would they really adopt the Pan-African colors for their flag 1966? Neither the article on the flag of Guyana, nor a book of mine on flags, mention any relation to the Pan-African colours. Any comments? Picaroon9288|ta co 14:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I personally think a new category should be created for countries like jamaica, Dominica ,St Kitts etc which are not located in Africa but have African descended populations. I think that they should be seperated from countries actually located in Africa. Comments ? Xerex 15:11, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

theres not enough information needed on the spanish flag just makes no sense

Citations and references
This page is really hurting for cites. I am going to remove Grenada from this list unless someone can find a decent cite that identifies this flag as intentionally Pan-African, as opposed to coincidentally. - Sig Pig  |SEND - OVER 21:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I am unsure as to why Granada is mentioned in the article, while both the modern flag of the city and the medieval flag both include red green yellow and black, it makes little sense to suggest a connection with Pan-Africanism. Moorish Spain predates the idea of Pan-Africanism by almost 600 years, and it is doubtful that a modern European city would have much interest in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.11.79.62 (talk) 19:39, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Could we get a cite that the Aboriginal flag is inspired by the Pan-African colours? Xt828 (talk) 09:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Chad
I sure Chad was a mix between a Guinea's flag and France's flag, it should be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.49.85 (talk)
 * I've added Chad as its tricolour containing yellow and red is Pan-African symbolism. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 02:17, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Suggestion To Add Non Pan-African Flags with Pan-African Colors Section
Occasionally people will use similar flags to Pan-African flags as a mistake when talking about Rastafarian culture, such as the flag of Bolivia. I believe that it would be useful to have a section for non-Pan-African flags that use the same colors, but I felt like just adding it would be an over-reach for a relatively small page, so I wanted to hear opinions from everybody on whether this is a useful addition or not.

68.51.104.4 (talk) 17:56, 30 September 2017 (UTC)


 * This should be added to the article; I've added a new section for countries intentionally using the Pan-African colours outside of Africa (such as St. Kitts) but it is difficult to tell whether or not other countries such as Vanuatu or Guyana are supposed to be Pan-African. However, if we are to add this to the article, I request that we exclude Arab countries outside of Africa because the Pan-Arab colours have their own article. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 02:23, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ I decided after a user added Grenada that this section should be added to distinguish between national flags that do relate to Pan-Africanism and those that do not. Brendon the Wizard  ✉️ ✨ 01:38, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Libya
Are we sure that the current Libyan flag is pan-African or is it more inspired by Arab/Islamic flags that use the same pallette of red, white, green and black? The current flag is very similar to one used before Gaddafi's rise to power in 1969. Gaddafi was a notable pan-Africanist but is most associated with his plain green flag. 86.179.243.54 (talk) 22:11, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Black represents Cyrenaica, red represents Fezzan, green represents Tripolitania.--Varavour (talk) 08:33, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

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