Thursday, October 10, 2019

Global honors Essay

The flag of Mali consists of three equal sized vertical stripes ,the left stripe is green; the middle is yellow; and the right stripe is red. The green stripe signifies hope, yellow symbolizes purity and wealth and red symbolizes the force and the struggles of the heroes of independence.The Mali flag was created on March 1, 1961. Mali gained independence from France on September 22, 1960. The first flag of Mali was adopted on April 4, 1959, when French Sudan and Senegal formed the Mali Federation. Senegal left in August, 1960 and the flag was changed in 1961. The flag of Senegal is similar to Mali’s except it has a star in the middle of it. The flags were based on the French flag, except Pan African colors were used. The colors were also those of the African Democratic Rally which was the political party who led the fight for independence. The black kanaga has been the crowning feature of the flag of Mali together with the tricolors until the kanaga was taken out on March 1, 1961. The Muslim pressured the goverment to take out the images in the flag , they did not approve of making images of the human shape.†Flag of Mali.† à ¢Ã‚€Â“ Malian Flags History, Meaning, Image & Symbol. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2012. . Mali’s flag colors are vibrant green, yellow, and green. How do these colors represent nationalism? Well the green in the flag symbolizes hope , Hope means to have a desire or wish and to wait in eager anticipation for it to be fulfilled. In addiction, hope is having confidence, expectation and belief in others and things. SInce the Goverment have hope in confidence in everyone, the people also have hope in the goverment and themselves which makes their country tighter.The yellow significes purity and wealth. If Mali’s country have purity (cleanliness) and florishes in wealth , I think everyone in Mali wouldnt want to leave. Mali became wealthy by trade, rules, and the army.The red on the flag represent the force and the struggles of the heroes of independence.In the French constitutional of 1958, French Sudan voted to join the French Community as the Sudanese Republic. In 1959 the republic joined Senegal to form the Mali Federation, but political differences interupted the union in 1960. That same year, the Sudanese Republic, renamed the Republic of Mali, obtained full independence from France and severed ties with the French Community.†Independence and Beyond.†Ã‚  Infoplease.Infoplease,n.d.Web.16Oct.2012. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0859453.html. The country of Mali means alot to their people , their hope, purity, wealth, and bloodshed to get indepence from france is what makes the people have nationalism and beleive in their country.

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