Cape Verde: flag of 1975-1992

Last modified: 2002-04-20 by antonio martins
Keywords: star: 5 points (black) | paigc | scallop | wreath: maize |
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• Description of the flag

• Cape Verde
• Guinea Bissau

Prior to 1992, the similarity between the two nations� flags was explained by the fact that both were derived from the flag of the Partido Africano da Independ�ncia da Guin� e Cabo Verde (P.A.I.G.C.), the liberation movement which succeeded in gaining independence for both countries (Guinea-Bissau in 1974, Cape Verde in 1975). P.A.I.G.C.'s aim had been that the two nations should unite, but this merger was scotched in 1980 by a military coup in Guinea-Bissau.

This flag is very similar to Guinea-Bissau's, but 2:3 (instead of 1:2) and with a maize wreath and a scallop shell around the black star. This device is not centered, but positioned in such a manner that the lower points of the star lye on the same line as the yellow-green boundary.
Ant�nio Martins, 18 Jun 1997