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Africa

Guinea-Bissau

Ratio: 1:2 Adopted: September 24, 1973 Usage: National and Civil

Yellow stands
The black star for the sun
represents the
unity of Africa
Green
represents hope

Red stands for the blood shed during
the struggle for independence

Africa
3 3ENEGAL Guinea-Bissau is so-called to distinguish it from
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the former French Guinea. Formerly a territory of
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Portugal, it achieved self-government in 1973.
Like the former flag of Cape Verde, pan-African combination of red,
the flag is based on that of the Partido yellow, green, and black in 1957.
Africano para a Independencia da Guiné In the Ghanaian view, the black star
e Cabo Verde (paigc), still the stands for the unity of Africa. The
dominant party in Guinea-Bissau. colors are now said to stand for the
blood shed for independence, hope,
THE GHANAIAN INFLUENCE and the sun, as the source of life.
The party flag was derived from The coat of arms is the paigc
that of Ghana, which first used the badge, a black star and a scallop shell.

ARMS OF GUINEA-BISSAU
A star symbolizing As the PAIGC badge, the
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African unity palm leaves represented
Guinea-Bissau
The PAIGC motto
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—“Unidade, Luta,
Progresso” meaning The scallop shell
“Unity, Struggle, Progress” originally recalled the
Cape Verde islands

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