Flag of Ghana

Republic of Ghana
Use	National flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	6 March 1957
Design	A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre
Designed by	Theodosia Okoh
Use	Civil ensign
Proportion	2:3
Design	A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	2:3
Design	Red St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton.

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The national flag of Ghana consists of a horizontal triband of red, yellow, and green. It was designed in replacement of the British Gold Coast's Blue Ensign.^[1]

The flag was adopted upon the independence of the Dominion of Ghana on March 6, 1957. It was designed the same year by Theodosia Okoh, a renowned Ghanaian artist.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The flag was flown until 1964 and it was then reinstated in 1966. The flag of Ghana consists of the Ethiopian 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 second African flag after the flag of the Ethiopian Empire to feature these colours, although the colours are inverted. The design of the Ghanaian flag influenced the designs of the flags of Guinea-Bissau (1973) and São Tomé and Príncipe (1975).

^ "Flag sequence (flag, FLAG, FLAG tag)", The Dictionary of Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics, Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, p. 1, 2015-12-18, doi:10.1002/9783527678679.dg04454, ISBN 978-3-527-67867-9
^ Cite error: The named reference Okoh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Celebs, African (2018-03-06). "Mrs Theodosia Okoh: The Woman Who Designed The Ghanaian Flag – African Celebs". Retrieved 2024-03-28.
^ Rich, Jeremy (2011-12-08), "Okoh, Theodosia Salome", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.49700, ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1
^ Aikins, Ama de-Graft; Koram, Kwadwo (2017-02-16), "Health and Healthcare in Ghana, 1957–2017", The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years after Independence, Oxford University Press, pp. 365–384, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198753438.003.0022, ISBN 978-0-19-875343-8

[1] "Flag sequence (flag, FLAG, FLAG tag)", The Dictionary of Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics, Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, p. 1, 2015-12-18, doi:10.1002/9783527678679.dg04454, ISBN 978-3-527-67867-9

[Okoh-2] Cite error: The named reference Okoh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Celebs, African (2018-03-06). "Mrs Theodosia Okoh: The Woman Who Designed The Ghanaian Flag – African Celebs". Retrieved 2024-03-28.

[4] Rich, Jeremy (2011-12-08), "Okoh, Theodosia Salome", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.49700, ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1

[5] Aikins, Ama de-Graft; Koram, Kwadwo (2017-02-16), "Health and Healthcare in Ghana, 1957–2017", The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years after Independence, Oxford University Press, pp. 365–384, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198753438.003.0022, ISBN 978-0-19-875343-8

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