Who designed Ghana's flag?
The Ghana Information Services Department credits the design to Theodosia Salome Okoh.
Flag of Ghana
Ghana's flag places a black five-pointed star at the centre of a gold band between red and green. Ghana's Information Services Department records its design and symbolism.
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Ghana
Flag facts
Flag design
The flag has 3 horizontal bands from top to bottom: red · yellow · green.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Symbols
- Star – Centre
- Colours
- Red, yellow, green, and black
Ghana’s Black Star and Pan-African colours
Ghana’s flag has horizontal red, gold and green bands with a black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold band. It was introduced at independence in 1957, briefly replaced in 1964 and restored in 1966.
The Ghana Information Services Department explains red through the independence struggle, gold through mineral wealth, and green through forests and natural resources. It describes the Black Star as a symbol of African unity and emancipation. The design became an influential early example of Pan-African colours on an African national flag.
The Black Star at the centre of Ghana's flag
Three horizontal bands—red, gold and green—make up Ghana's national flag, with a black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold band. The flag was designed by Theodosia Salome Okoh and adopted in 1957, when Ghana became independent.
Ghana's Information Services Department explains red as the blood of those who died in the independence struggle, gold as the country's mineral wealth, and green as its forests and natural wealth. It describes the Black Star as a symbol of African unity and emancipation. These meanings are attributed by the official source, rather than inferred from the colours alone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the order of the colours on Ghana's flag?
From top to bottom, the bands are red, gold and green; a black five-pointed star sits in the centre of the gold band.
What does Ghana's Black Star represent?
The official government information source describes it as a symbol of African unity and emancipation.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Ghana
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Accra
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GH
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GHA
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 288
- Top-level domain
- .gh
- Area
- 239,460 km²
- Population
- 35,064,272 (2025)
- Currency
- GHS
- Calling code
- +233
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Historical flags: Ghana (1795–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
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A flag's inclusion in a country's historical collection does not necessarily mean that the country was independent at the time or that the flag was its own national flag.
The years shown are based on historical records in the dataset and do not always indicate the date of official adoption. The collection is not exhaustive, and historical usage, territorial coverage, and interpretations may vary.
