The Secret History Behind Equatorial Guinea's Flag
Equatorial Guinea's flag has a blue triangle for the sea that connects its mainland and its islands.
The country's parliament approved the flag on October 8, 1968, four days before independence: a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with a blue triangle at the hoist. The coat of arms was added later, with a silk-cotton tree at its center and six stars.
Green stands for the forests and natural resources, white for peace and red for the blood shed in the struggle for independence. The blue triangle is the sea that joins the mainland with the islands, and the six stars are read as the mainland and the islands that make up the country.
The date printed on every Equatorial Guinea design in our catalog, October 12, 1968, is Independence Day.
Forest, peace, blood and sea in four colors.
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