Pan-African Flag - Alternative Names

Alternative Names

The flag goes by several other names with varying degrees of popularity:

• the UNIA flag, after its originators;
• the Marcus Garvey flag;
• the Universal African flag;
• the International African flag;
• the Black Liberation flag;
• the Pan-African flag;
• the Black Nationalist, African Nationalist, or the New Afrikan Liberation flag.

Although other designs are also considered to be International African flags or Pan-African flags, the horizontal stripes of red, black, and green, originated by the UNIA in 1920, is the design most often referenced.