🇬🇭 Flag: Ghana emoji

The flag of Ghana, a West African country and the first African nation to gain independence from colonial rule in modern times. The flag features three horizontal stripes in red, yellow (gold), and green, with a black five-pointed star in the center. Red represents the blood of those who died for independence, gold symbolizes the mineral wealth, green represents the forests and natural wealth, and the black star represents African emancipation and unity.

Ghana is known for being the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence (1957), gold production, cocoa industry (major chocolate 🍫 Chocolate bar ingredient supplier), stable democracy, Ashanti cultural heritage, kente cloth, highlife music, and leadership role in African affairs. The country is often called the "Gateway to Africa" and has played a significant role in pan-African movements.

This emoji is used to represent Ghana in discussions about African independence, West African affairs, cocoa industry, African democracy, or when referencing Ghanaian culture, kente cloth, African leadership, gold mining, and Ghana's pioneering role in African decolonization and democratic development.

Could also be called Ghanaian flag, Ghana country flag or West African flag emoji.

Other meanings

West Africa, African independence, gold production, cocoa industry, stable democracy, pan-Africanism

Example Usage

Ghana 🇬🇭 was a pioneer in African independence movements

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with three equal horizontal stripes in red (top), yellow/gold (middle), and green (bottom), with a black five-pointed star centered on the yellow stripe.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.

Flag emojis are often drawn as a "wavy rectangle" with flat vertical lines and curved horizontal lines representing a flag in the wind. Some emoji sets use standard rectangles, rectangles with curved corners or circles.