<Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Red St. George cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton . </Td> </Tr> <P> The national flag of Ghana was designed and adopted in 1957 and was flown until 1962, and then reinstated in 1966 . It consists of the Pan-African colours of red, yellow, and green, in horizontal stripes, with a black five - pointed star in the centre of the gold stripe . The Ghanaian flag was the second African flag after the flag of the Ethiopian Empire to feature these colours . The flag's design influenced that of the flag of Guinea - Bissau (1973). It was designed by Theodosia Okoh . </P> <P> The red represents the blood of those who died in the country's struggle for independence from the Great Britain, the gold represents the mineral wealth of the country, the green symbolises the country's rich forests and natural wealth, and the black star is the symbol of African emancipation . The black star was adopted from the flag of the Black Star Line, a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey that operated from 1919 to 1922 . It is where the Ghana national football team draw their nickname, the Black Stars, from . </P> <P> Under terms of section 183 of Ghana's Merchant Shipping Act of 1963, the civil ensign is a red flag with the national flag in a black - fimbriated canton . In 2003, a new merchant shipping act was enacted, however, and this simply provides that "the National Flag of Ghana" is the proper national colours for Ghanaian ships . No mention is made of other flags or other possible flags . </P>

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