Zimbabwe

Republic of Zimbabwe
Flag of Zimbabwe
Designer	Unknown
Adopted	18 April 1980; 40 years ago
Wikipedia article

The national flag of the Republic of Zimbabwe is strongly based on the country's ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, and carries political, regional, and cultural meanings. The flag consists of seven even different colored horizontal stripes with a white triangle containing a red 5-pointed star with a Zimbabwe Bird. The white triangle stands for peace and the golden bird, more popularly known as the "Great Zimbabwe Bird", is Zimbabwe's official national symbol, most likely inspired by the bateleur eagle or the African fish eagle. The red star could indeed be mistaken as socialism, but it instead officially represents the country's aspirations The five different colors on the stripes are Green, gold, red, black and white. Green stripes represents the agriculture and rural areas of country while the yellow stripes symbolizes the wealth of minerals in the country, this is especially true for gold. The red stripes are referring to the people who lost their lives in the struggle for independence and finally, the lone black stripe in the middle represents the black majority in the country.

Historical Flags

Flag of the British South Africa Company (1890–1923)

Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964)

Flag of Rhodesia (8 April 1964 – 10 November 1968)

Flag of Rhodesia (11 November 1968 – 1 September 1979)

Flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (2 September 1979 – 11 December 1979)

Flag of Southern Rhodesia (12 December 1979 – 17 April 1980)

Variant flag of Zimbabwe

The flag of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front