I'm looking for African symbols

[vended]

Hi,

I'm looking for any African symbol, pattern, animal or particular color who can be put on a flag or coat of arms.

The three colors of panafricanism aside, which imao don't fit together, the continent seem to be lacking of theses.

I know there's not many TL about Africa here, but if you can post here any OTL or created ATL African mentioned related stuff, it would be great.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally Posted by vended

Hi,

I'm looking for any African symbol, pattern, animal or particular color who can be put on a flag or coat of arms.

The three colors of panafricanism aside, whish imao don't fit together, the continent seem to be lacking of theses.

I know there's not many TL about Africa here, but if you can post here any OTL or created ATL African mentioned related stuff, it would be great.

The Ashanti had a Golden Stool

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

[Ilkhanate]

Theres an cool flag of Benin Empire



Also in West Africa there is a lot of sculptures of people and animals with elongated faces, like a Maoi but rounded, which I think would look good on a flag.

Also there is a TL called Ethiopia of the West about a surviving Songhai Empire by The Kiat. Its worth a look if your looking for TLs.

[Thande]

Some African states (Dahomey springs to mind) changed their flag with every new king, similar to how European states often altered their coats of arms to reflect royal marriages.

[stateless_englishman]

Traditional shields and spears often appear:

Kenya


Lesotho (1987-2006)


Swaziland


KwaZulu (1986-1994)


Mahdists


Royal Flag of Burundi (1962-1966)

[Grey Wolf]

The Ashanti flag

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheir...of_Ashanti.svg

For some reason won't show up here

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

[Petike]

Originally Posted by stateless_englishman

Lesotho (1987-2006)

The Lesothan shield is really peculiar looking. What's it made from ? Does it have a name ?

P.S. Years ago, I thought it was meant to be two spears with the fur of some skinned animal at the centre.

[Wolfpaw]

Mali had a habit of using this little stick-man in the early-mid 20th Century:

[Wolfpaw]

Originally Posted by Grey Wolf

The Ashanti flag

For some reason won't show up here

[Ilkhanate]

Also Mali Empire:

[Ilkhanate]

LOL and if you play Civ V then you could use their symbol thing for Songhai

[Wolfpaw]

I've always been quite partial to the Zairian flag

[stateless_englishman]

Originally Posted by Petike

The Lesothan shield is really peculiar looking. What's it made from ? Does it have a name ?

It's a Basotho shield, but I can't find a picture of a real one.

[Wolfpaw]

Here's a more recent flag of Lesotho, featuring the traditional Basotho hat

[Thande]

Originally Posted by Wolfpaw

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Mali had a habit of using this little stick-man in the early-mid 20th Century:

That's called a "Kanaga" and was supposed to symbolise solidarity with other African peoples/the human race. Apparently they took it off because of the Muslim proscription against depicting humans in art.

Originally Posted by Wolfpaw

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I've always been quite partial to the Zairian flag
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I always liked it when I was growing up and saw it in the flag book, but in retrospect it's pretty obvious that it was inspired by the Nazi flag.

[Wolfpaw]

Originally Posted by Thande

I always liked it when I was growing up and saw it in the flag book, but in retrospect it's pretty obvious that it was inspired by the Nazi flag.

I hadn't realized that before

Damn. Nazis ruin everything. Even Africa.

That being said, I do remember trying to come up with a fascist flag for Britain a few years ago and thinking that I could always recolor Zaire's since it reminded me a bit of the old Tory logo

[vended]

Thanks you guys.

Zaire's flag remind me of the dominion's one in Starcraft.

[Petike]

Originally Posted by Thande

I always liked it when I was growing up and saw it in the flag book, but in retrospect it's pretty obvious that it was inspired by the Nazi flag.

Originally Posted by vended

Zaire's flag remind me of the dominion's one in Starcraft.

Coincidence ?