![]() ![]() Rasta colors are the Ethiopian colors of green, gold and red. Rasta colors and The Pan African (Garvey Flag) colors not the same and should not be confused. Yes, the colors were hoisted first in the United States and, it represents all peoples of the African Diaspora regardless of land of birth. However, the colors were adopted by an international assemblage of 25 countries of the African diaspora, thereby making the colors international.Īfrican Americans have held proudly onto their banner for the past 78 years hoisting it under various titles: International African Flag, The African Flag, Pan African Flag, Liberation Flag, Black Flag, African American Flag, Afro-American Flag and others. The colors are as represented on the flag, Red, Black and Green (not Green, black and red ) and did indeed evolve from Marcus Garvey's UNIA movement. If I recall correctly, he promoted the "returning to Africa" - if not geographically, at least by "rediscovering" the ancestral heritage of Green, black, and red are the Garvey colors, after Marcus Garvey, a civil rights movement leader. "KWANZAA InfoCenter - Afro-American Flag".United Nation of Ifa-Orisa-Vodun and New Afrikan Independence Movement.African American National Heritage Flag.African American Confederate Flag Variants.Afro-American Community Services Organization. ![]() Keywords: united states | african-american | heritage | ethiopia | pan-african | garvey | rasta | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website African-American flags (U.S.) ![]()
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