Over the years, selfish, greedy, and sycophantic politicians have subjugated the Ghanaian populace with hardship. When the people give our leaders the authority to serve them, they pay less attention to the pertinent needs of the people and instead only dream of creating, robbing from, and sharing for their financial gain. The youth of Ghana is gradually beginning to express remorse over the bad leadership of their nation. The effort put in by the government in the galamsey battle appears to be making things worse. The quick depreciation of the cedi against the dollar has resulted in inflation, which is currently a state headline.
Since everything doesn’t seem to be as it used to be, the youth are now being compelled to reinterpret and alter the appearance of the national flag.
The Ghana flag was adopted on March 6, 1957, the day the Dominion of Ghana gained independence. Theodosia Okoh, a well-known Ghanaian artist, created it that same year. Other variations were introduced between 1958 and 1962 and between 1964 and 1966, and the flag was flown until 1959 after that.
In contrast, the initial one was then restored in 1966.
The Ghanaian national flag’s colors mean something different than they do in their updated form. The flag is divided into three equal-width horizontal bands: red above, yellow in the center, and green below. These are the hues of the continent of Africa. A black five-pointed star in the middle of the yellow stripe serves as a reminder that Ghana was the first African nation to achieve independence in the 20th century.
The red color stands in for the blood of those who lost their lives in the fight for freedom from Great Britain’s colonial rule.
Yellow and gold also stand for the nation’s plentiful mineral riches. As you may know, Ghana has the second-largest gold deposits in Africa, behind South Africa. In significant commercial quantities, it also contains bauxite.
The guess of green was accurate. Yes! It stands for the abundant forests and the abundance of nature. Ghana is a country with a lot of natural resources, lumber, which has long been one of the main exports of the nation.
The black star represents the liberation of Africans from slavery. Ghana was the first country in Africa to achieve independence, as is well known. The black star was created because the black star was needed as a symbol to encourage other African nations to strive for freedom.
But several colors are missing from the revised flag, and here’s why:
The red tint of this flag denotes national bleeding (hardship).
However, because of the activities of illicit miners, the customary yellow/gold tint was absent. Since no state minerals are safeguarded for the future, they are all unlawfully exploited.
Because illicit miners’ actions harm the nation’s lush vegetation, the color green was also left out (forest). As a result, our abundant natural riches suffer.
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