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gn toggle design subsection 3 1 colours and symbolism 3 2 specifications and the correct rendering of the great zimbabwe bird 4 in popular culture 5 see also 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents flag of zimbabwe 64 languages afrikaans العربية مصرى asturianu azərbaycanca basa bali беларуская тарашкевіца беларуская български বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী bosanski català čeština cymraeg dansk deutsch ελληνικά esperanto español eesti فارسی suomi français gaeilge galego עברית हिन्दी hrvatski magyar հայերեն արեւմտահայերէն bahasa indonesia italiano 日本語 한국어 lombard lietuvių latviešu македонски bahasa melayu nederlands norsk nynorsk norsk bokmål polski português русский scots srpskohrvatski српскохрватски simple english slovenčina chishona српски srpski svenska kiswahili ไทย türkçe xitsonga українська اردو tiếng việt 吴语 yorùbá 粵語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia republic of zimbabwe use national flag and ensign proportion 1 2 adopted april 18th 1980 design seven horizontal stripes of green yellow red black red yellow and green with a black edged white isosceles triangle base on the hoist side bearing a zimbabwe bird superimposed on a red five pointed star designed by cedric herbert presidential flag of zimbabwe adopted 1987 the national flag of zimbabwe consists of seven even horizontal stripes of green gold red and black with a white triangle containing a red five pointed star with a zimbabwe bird the present design was adopted on 18 april 1980 the soapstone bird featured on the flag represents a statuette of a bird found at the ruins of great zimbabwe the bird first used in 1924 on the southern rhodesian coat of arms symbolises the history of zimbabwe the red star beneath it officially stands for the nation s aspirations but is commonly thought to symbolise communism and socialism and the revolutionary struggle for freedom and peace the design is based on the flag of zimbabwe s ruling party the zimbabwe african national union patriotic front zanu pf history edit see also flag of southern rhodesia flag of the federation of rhodesia and nyasaland and flag of rhodesia the first official use of the zimbabwe bird was on the southern rhodesian coat of arms adopted in 1924 flags used over time beginning with the union jack displayed at the natural history museum of zimbabwe in bulawayo the zimbabwean flag flying in the breeze the country now known as zimbabwe was formally known as southern rhodesia from 1895 to 1980 although simply rhodesia was used locally between 1964 until june 1979 after northern rhodesia obtained its independence and then zimbabwe rhodesia between june and december 1979 southern rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923 and thereby became a british self governing colony following three decades of rule by the british south africa company following the granting of responsible government a flag was adopted which followed the standard british colonial practice being a blue ensign defaced with the shield from the southern rhodesian coat of arms this basic design was used until 1968 although a light blue ensign was introduced in april 1964 following the break up of the federation of rhodesia and nyasaland on 11 november 1968 three years after the predominantly white government unilaterally declared independence from britain a national flag based on a completely new design was adopted this was a green white green vertical triband charged centrally with the national coat of arms it was the first national flag to contain the zimbabwe bird which had been present in the coat of arms since 1924 1 in 1979 when the country reconstituted itself as zimbabwe rhodesia following the internal settlement between the government and moderate black nationalists a new flag was adopted to mark the transition on 4 september of that year 2 the flag of zimbabwe rhodesia was designed by flight lieutenant cedric herbert of the rhodesian air force and a member of the rhodesian heraldry and genealogy society 3 the design incorporated the pan african colours of yellow black green and red with the soapstone bird of great zimbabwe representing an older pre colonial source of power and identity in yellow on a vertical black stripe symbolising the importance of majority rule and three horizontal stripes one red representing the blood spilled in the struggle for majority rule one white representing the integral part of the european community and other minorities in all aspects of the country s life and one green reflecting the importance of agriculture to the country s well being the new design had little support from black politicians who described it as the flag with two names a reference to zimbabwe rhodesia 4 the voice of zimbabwe radio service operated by robert mugabe s zanu pf from maputo in mozambique carried a commentary entitled the proof of independence is not flags or names dismissing the changes as aimed at strengthening the racist puppet alliance s position at the zimbabwe conference in london 5 this flag was officially superseded in december 1979 when britain took interim control of the country following the lancaster house agreement which ended the rhodesian bush war the union jack was used as the official flag of the country although de facto the zimbabwe rhodesia flag continued to be flown while fresh elections were held in february 1980 at midnight between 17 and 18 april 1980 the country was granted independence by britain under the name of zimbabwe a new national flag was adopted 6 7 8 9 the draft for which had been handed to the minister of public works richard hove by an unspecified designer the initial design did not include the zimbabwe bird which was added at the suggestion of cederic herbert who pointed out its uniqueness and history the final draft went through the approval of the prime minister elect robert mugabe 10 the adoption of the new flag coincided with the swearing in of canaan banana as the country s new president 7 the zimbabwe bird used on every flag since 1968 is based on a statue discovered from the medieval ruined city of great zimbabwe in the country s south east 11 flag of the british south africa company 1890 1923 flag of southern rhodesia 1924 1964 1979 1980 flag of rhodesia and nyasaland 1953 1963 flag of southern rhodesia 1964 1965 flag of rhodesia 1965 1968 flag of rhodesia 1968 1979 bearing the zimbabwe bird flag of zimbabwe rhodesia 1979 display and use edit display on uniforms edit some police officers in zimbabwe have the national flag displayed on their uniforms sleeve tops 12 design edit colours and symbolism edit the flag of the zimbabwe african national union patriotic front the national flag of zimbabwe is made up of five different colours green gold red black and white 13 officially the colours of the flag of zimbabwe carry political regional and cultural meanings green represents the agriculture and rural areas of zimbabwe yellow stands for the wealth of minerals in the country 8 predominantly gold the red symbolises the blood shed during the first and second chimurenga wars in the struggle for independence the black indicates the heritage race and ethnicity of the black majority 8 14 the white triangle is a symbol for peace 8 the golden bird 15 known as the great zimbabwe bird hungwe is the national symbol of zimbabwe 8 and is most likely a representation of the african fish eagle 16 17 it exemplifies the strong bond that ancestral humans had with animals nature and spiritual guides and it is treated with a high level of importance and respect 18 the red star represents the nation s aspirations 15 taken to be communism and socialism as promoted by the ruling zimbabwe african national union patriotic front and whose party flag was used as the basis for the flag of the nation 8 19 the use of zanu pf s colours is viewed as a sign of deference towards the party 20 specifications and the correct rendering of the great zimbabwe bird edit zimbabwe national flag specifications showing both renditions of the zimbabwe bird close up of the zimbabwe bird on a flag manufactured in zimbabwe the great zimbabwe bird first appeared in an armorial sense when it was incorporated in the coat of arms of southern rhodesia which were granted by royal warrant on 11 august 1924 21 it was first used on a national flag when the full arms were displayed on the rhodesian flag that was adopted on 11 november 1968 it then appeared alone on the zimbabwe rhodesian flag of 1979 and it is now displayed on the flag of zimbabwe the arms of 1924 were initially retained by the zimbabwean government until a new coat of arms were adopted on 12 september 1981 22 the zimbabwe bird depicted on the flag is rendered in the same format as it appeared on the arms of 1924 and as it appeared on the rhodesian flag of 1968 and the zimbabwe rhodesian flag of 1979 the red star on which the bird is placed is a regular star however a different rather flattened version of the bird sometimes displayed on an irregular flattened star is often seen on flags that are manufactured outside of zimbabwe the origin of this discrepancy appears to be an illustration of the proposed new flag that was first released by the zimbabwe ministry of information in april 1980 just prior to the country attaining full independence 23 this illustration showed the bird in a flattened version positioned over an irregular star the poor quality of the illustration with the star appearing as irregular on the flag but regular under the description of the meanings on the right and with the zimbabwe bird being omitted completely from where it should be next to the words the national emblem would suggest that it was done in haste and without accuracy nevertheless in the absence of a better source vexillologists outside of zimbabwe have used this illustration as the basis for their rendering of the emblem on the flag which has then been copied by many flag manufacturers outside of zimbabwe meanwhile flag manufacturers inside zimbabwe continue to produce flags emblazoned with the original version of the bird sitting on a regular star as a result these two variations of the zimbabwean flag are both in common use however the version of the flag with the regular star is the correct one according to official specifications 24 in popular culture edit on 7 august 1980 samora machel made a famous speech involving the national flag of zimbabwe in which he said while holding the flag this flag covers everyone there are no blacks in zimbabwe there are no whites there are no mulattos and indians today there are just zimbabweans 25 in harare zimbabwe in 2011 the zimbabwean reported that many cars displayed one or multiple small flag icons sales of the national flag were extremely high in the country 26 according to petina gappah in the guardian in 2010 the flag is a reminder that the nation was born of pain 27 see also edit heraldry portal list of zimbabwean flags list of rhodesian flags references edit smith whitney ed 1976 the flag bulletin volumes 15 17 winchester massachusetts flag research center p 46 new flag raising ceremony in salisbury associated press archive 4 september 1979 the flag bulletin volume 18 1979 page 188 house of assembly 15 august 1979 cited in pioneers settlers aliens exiles the decolonisation of white identity in zimbabwe j l fisher anu e press 2010 page 57 58 summary of world broadcasts non arab africa issues 6208 6259 bbc monitoring service 1979 kalath anjali flag book popular prakashan pp 23 isbn 9788179915127 1 2 lan david 1985 guns and rain guerrillas and spirit mediums in zimbabwe 4 ed university of california press pp 217 isbn 9780520055896 1 2 3 4 5 6 di piazza francesca 2005 zimbabwe in pictures twenty first century books pp 69 isbn 9780822523994 horne gerald 2001 from the barrel of a gun the united states and the war against zimbabwe 1965 1980 unc press books pp 3 isbn 9780807849033 designer of the flag crw flags retrieved 5 june 2013 great zimbabwe 11th 15th century thematic essay timeline of art history the metropolitan museum of art wiles richard f 2005 foredoomed is my forest the diary of a zimbabwe farmer trafford publishing pp 257 isbn 9781412055840 lawson jennifer elizabeth 2005 hands on social studies grade 2 2 ed portage and main press pp 188 isbn 9781553790563 zimbabwe cia world factbook archived from the original on 10 january 2021 retrieved 5 june 2013 1 2 national flag government of zimbabwe archived from the original on 13 november 2013 retrieved 5 june 2013 thomas n huffman 1985 the soapstone birds from great zimbabwe african arts 18 3 68 73 99 100 doi 10 2307 3336358 jstor 3336358 sinclair paul 2001 review the soapstone birds of great zimbabwe symbols of a nation by edward matenga the south african archaeological bulletin 56 173 174 105 106 doi 10 2307 3889033 jstor 3889033 redfern gayle 2010 ancient wisdoms authorhouse pp 201 isbn 9781452016634 mugabe s marxism retrieved 25 march 2016 cerulo karen a 1995 identity designs the sights and sounds of a nation rutgers university press pp 105 isbn 9780813522111 encyclopaedia rhodesia the college press general editor mary akers 15 douglas road salisbury rhodesia 1973 page 26 http www crwflags com fotw flags zw html coat of arms retrieved 5 june 2016 the flag of zimbabwe published by the ministry of information and tourism p o box 8232 causeway zimbabwe april 1980 http www crwflags com fotw flags zw html zimbabwe bird emblem retrieved 5 june 2016 fauvet paul 2003 carlos cardoso telling the truth in mozambique juta and company pp 73 isbn 9781919930312 flood of flags sweeps harare the zimbabwean 23 february 2011 gappah petina 14 april 2010 mugabe inflames the afro pessimists but zimbabwe s story is much deeper the guardian external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to flags of zimbabwe v t e flags of africa sovereign states algeria angola benin botswana burkina faso burundi cameroon cape verde central african republic chad comoros democratic republic of the congo republic of the congo djibouti egypt equatorial guinea eritrea eswatini ethiopia gabon the gambia ghana guinea guinea bissau ivory coast kenya lesotho liberia libya madagascar malawi mali mauritania mauritius morocco mozambique namibia niger nigeria rwanda são tomé and príncipe senegal seychelles sierra leone somalia south africa south sudan sudan tanzania togo tunisia uganda zambia zimbabwe states with limited recognition sahrawi arab democratic republic somaliland dependencies and other territories canary islands ceuta melilla spain madeira portugal mayotte réunion 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