Cameroon

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by giuseppe bottasini
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by zeljko heimer 8-DEC-1995

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• Two stars' flag

Vertical tricolor green red yellow, with a yellow fivepointed star in the middle. Cameroon is second modern African state (after Ghana) to accetp panafrican colours. When British South Cameroon joined federation and two stars where added. I n 1972 country became union and three years later two stars where replaced with just one. The flag was officially hoisted on 20-MAY-1975. Proportions are aprox. 2:3.
zeljko heimer 8-DEC-1995

The 1961-72 flag of Cameroon was a vertical tricolour of green-red-yellow with two yellow stars on the red. It was adopted when the former British territory of south Cameroon voted to join French Cameroun which became independent in 1957. The 2 stars signified the two territories. In 1972 Cameroon became a unitary state and the second star was subsequently dropped from the flag.
stuart notholt 30-NOV-1995