Friday 5 February 2016

The History Of Benin Flag For The Future

By Bob Ralph


The modern republic of Benin, given that name only in 1975, is the successor to one of west Africa's most interesting and long-lasting kingdoms, that of Dahomey. The traditional date of the founding of the local dynasty is1625, when three brothers of the Dahomey people rule adjacent territories along the lower reaches of the Mono river. In the early eighteenth century, one member of the family defeats his cousins and brings into a single kingdom the region known today as Benin.

The Republic of Benin is located in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Niger and Burkina Faso to the north. The Bight (bay) of Benin, its small southern coastline, is where a majority of the population is located. Porto-Novo, though named the capital of the country, Cotonou is where the seat of government is located.

Dahomey has a turbulent existence in its first decades of independence, from 1960, after the dissolution of French West Africa. Power changes hands in no fewer than six military coups between 1963 and 1972.

The banner of Benin was received in 1959. It was changed in light of the increase of the Marxist administration in 1975. The old configuration was reintroduced on august 1, 1990. The hues are the conventional Pan-African ones. The green symbolized trust, the yellow symbolized richness, and the red symbolizes fearlessness.

The design on Benin's flag before the new one was introduced was a green band throughout the surface of the flag with a small red star on the upper left hand of it. The new flag of Benin shows a pure color green horizontal band on the left side and an equally vertical proportioned yellow and red on the right.

Not all banners have three major parts colored and furthermore, no banners on the planet has ensigns or images in it. This is not to demonstrate that Benin is a nearby or simple nation. Flag Company Inc decided to assist with the history development by providing special decals and banners to make it easy to build a bit of history right at home.




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