Pan-African Flag - Derivative Flags

Derivative Flags

The Biafran flag another variant of this one, with a sunburst in the center.

The flag of Malawi is very similar. Between 2010 and 2012, it was changed to reflect the pan-African flag's order of stripes.

The African National Congress flag is three horizontal stripes, descending black, green, and dark yellow (gold).

The Rasta flag is three horizontal stripes, descending green, yellow, and red. It is was inspired by the Ethiopian flag/Eritrean flag.

The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in 1997 to commemorate Kwanzaa with a painting by fine artist Synthia Saint James of a dark-skinned family wearing garments traditional in parts of Africa and fashionable for special occasions among African-Americans. The family members are holding food, gifts, and a flag. The flag in the stamp may have been meant to represent the Pan-African flag, However, instead of the stripes descending red, black, and green, the stamp's flag transposes the top two bands and descends black, red, and green.

In 2000, artist David Hammons created a work called African-American Flag, which is held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Based on the standard U.S. flag, its stripes are black and red, the field is green, and the stars on the field are black.

In response to the controversy over the flying of the Confederate Southern Cross, an African-American run company called NuSouth created a flag based on the Confederate Naval Jack, with the white stars and saltire outline replaced by green and the blue saltire made black.

The Flag of Kenya is also very similar to the red, black and green flag.

The Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis is also similar.