The flag of Zimbabwe was adopted on April 18, 1980. The soapstone bird featured on the flag represents a statuette of a bird found at the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. The bird symbolizes the history of Zimbabwe; the red star beneath it symbolizes the revolutionary struggle for liberation and peace.

Colors

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Officially, the meanings of the colors on the flag are as follows:

• Green: the agriculture and rural areas of Zimbabwe
• Yellow: the wealth of minerals in the country
• Red: the blood shed during the war of the liberation
• Black: the heritage and ethnicity of the native Africans of Zimbabwe
• White: peace

Critics point out, however, that the Green-Yellow-Black-Red stripes are derived directly from the ZANU party flag and thus it more accurately represents ZANU control over Zimbabwe.

Flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia

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Zimbabwe Rhodesia was the largely unrecognised name of Zimbabwe from 1 June 1979 to 18 April 1980, soon after the Internal Settlement in Rhodesia leading to a black majority government. As well as a new name, the state adopted a new flag to mark the transition.

See also

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• Flag of Rhodesia

National flags | Zimbabwean culture

Flagge Simbabwes | Bandera de Zimbabwe | Drapeau du Zimbabwe | Bendera Zimbabwe | Bandiera dello Zimbabwe | דגל זימבבואה | Zimbabvės vėliava | Bendera Zimbabwe | Vlag van Zimbabwe | Zimbabwes flagg | ジンバブエの国旗 | Flaga Zimbabwe | Bandeira do Zimbabwe | Флаг Зимбабве | Zimbabwen lippu | Zimbabwes flagga