Biafra

The flag of used by the Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970), consists of a horizontal tricolour of red, black, and green, charged with a golden rising sun over a golden bar. The rays are typically long and slender with the lowest rays being nearly horizontal and the remaining rays spread evenly between.
==Symbolism==
Red, black and green are the Pan-African colors. The eleven rays of the sun represent the eleven former provinces of Biafra.
== Usage as an ethnic flag ==
The Biafra flag is used by the Igbo people as an ethnic flag, because Biafra covered up parts of Igboland.
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