Imagine the disgust felt by black nationalist Marcus Garvey when he first heard the 1900 song mocking the African diaspora and its lack of a flag. Not only was there a racist song deriding the ...

Supporters of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) display an old South African flag, second from left, an old Afrikaner "Vierkleur" flag and swastika-like flags. AP JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ...

A casual glance at the flags of Africa, makes it seem as if dozens of her countries hired a single, lazy designer who, instead of coming up with a bespoke flag for each nation, simply arranged the ...

The South African flag is not just one of the most colorful on the continent but also one of the most meaningful. It was officially adopted on April 27, 1994, marking the country’s transition from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Marcus Garvey designed the African ...

The debate regarding the prominence of the Confederate flag added an international element when photos of Dylann Roof, the man who killed nine people last week in the Charleston church massacre, ...

Bamako, early 2022. The French ambassador has just been declared persona non grata. Soldiers from Operation Barkhane are packing up. In the streets of the Malian capital, protest follows protest, ...

Symbols matter. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t be in the midst of such acrimonious debate about the Confederate flag, 150 years after the end of the Civil War. Most of its defenders assert — ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s Equality Court on Wednesday restricted the display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag, ruling that its gratuitous use amounts to hate speech and racial ...

For the first time, the Pan-African flag is being flown atop Ithaca City Hall in recognition of Black History Month. But for Tompkins County Legislator Henry Granison J.D. ’88 (D-3rd District), who ...