Banner o Mali

The banner o Mali (French: Drapeau du Mali) is a tricolor wi three equal vertical stripes. Frae the hoist, the place whaur the flagpole meets the banner, the colours is green, gowd, an reid, the pan-African colors. It is seemlir tae the banner o Guinea, wi the colours in the opposite order

The current banner wis adoptit on 1 Mairch 1961. The oreeginal banner wis adoptit on Aprile 4, 1959, whan Mali jyned the Mali Federation. This banner wis the same, excep the gowden stripe haed a human stick figure, a kanaga, in blaik, wi airms raised tae the lift. The figure wis taen oot acause o Islamic aniconism, the belief agin makin pictures o the human figure. Mali is aboot 90 Muslim.

The banner adoptit in 1959 for the Confederation wis an imitation o the banner o Ghana, bit follaein the style o the French Tricolore. It wis chynged wi a blaik emblem o a kanaga. The colours wis intendit tae reflect a unity wi ither African naitions. Efter the twa kintras split up in 1960, the banner wis kept for uiss in Mali till 1 Mairch 1 1961, whan the kanaga emblem wis drappit.

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