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The Ghana flag was officially made March 6, 1957. The flag originally had a middle stripe that was white, but changed February 28, 1966. The black star on the flag is a symbol for the African freedom. The color red symbolizes the blood of those when died in the country’s struggle for independence. The gold stands for the minerals wealth. And the green represents the rich forests.
The Ghana state has three other flags, the Civil Ensign, the Civil Air Ensign, and the President’s Flag. The Civil Ensign has a red ensign with the national flag in the upper left corner. The Civil Air Ensign has a light blue field wit a large black star in the middle, and the national flag in the upper left corner. The President’s Flag is just like the national flag, but it had a golden fringe on the sides.
During the time Ghana has been a country, it’s had its ups and downs with economics, trading natural sources, slave trade, Government, the leaders, culture, and independence, but has become stable throughout time. Modern Ghana takes its name from the ancient kingdom of Ghana, around 500 miles north of the present day Accra. (Ellis, Esler 562)The kingdom of Ghana controlled the gold trade between the south and north for the Saharan trading routes. Europeans were getting jealous of the trading positions by the coast, but Ghana stood strong and didn’t let them take over.
By the end of the 17th century, Ghana had a number of small states on the gold coast. By 1750 they merged into two diplomacy’s; the Fantes and Asante Empire. By the 18th century, the Asante Empire wanted all the land by the coast, and access to the trading post of Elmina. Around 1897, the British tried to seize the Asante, they failed, but they were however able to take Kumasi and get a huge ransom for it in gold. The empire shrunk to the Asante and Brong-Ahafo regions of Modern Ghana.
Meanwhile the Fantes had been uniting and organizing, and in 1868 formed themselves a...
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