Flag ratio: 1:1.618 (or 500:809)

The flag of Togo was adopted on April 27, 1960. It has five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow. There is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner. It uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia, but the design resembles the flag of Liberia which itself echoes the flag of the United States.

The flag was designed by artist Paul Ahyi and approximates a golden rectangle closely.^[1] Ahyi (1930 – January 4, 2010) was regarded as among the greatest of African artists of his generation. Born in Togo, Ahyi graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts^[2] in Paris in 1959 and returned to Togo. He designed the flag of Togo while working on other contemporary works.^[3]

Historical flags [edit]

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  1957–1958
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  1958–1960

References [edit]

1. ^ "Flag of Togo". FOTW.us. Flags Of The World. Retrieved 2007-06-09. 
2. ^ "Paul Ahyi of Togo joins roster of UNESCO Artists for Peace". United Nations. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
3. ^ Décès de Paul Ahyi, le Picasso africain (French) Le Telegramme

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