Saturday 21 May 2016

By Gordon Sterling


First raised on April 1, 1959, and after obtaining complete independence, the flag of Mauritania is a telling highlight of the importance of its location in Africa, the widely followed Islamic religion, and the French name of a country รข€" Republique Islamique de Mauritanie.

Mauritania was first inhabited by blacks and Berbers, and it was a center for the Berber Almoravid movement in the 11th century, which sought to spread Islam through western Africa. It was first explored by the Portuguese in the 15th century, but by the 19th century, the French had gained control. France organized the area into a territory in 1904, and in 1920, it became one of the colonies that constituted French West Africa. In 1946, it was named a French overseas territory. French colonization at the beginning of the 20th century brought legal prohibitions against slavery and an end to interclan warfare.

As colonialism spread throughout Africa in the 19th century, France stationed troops in Mauritania, but it was not until 1904 that, having played one Moorish faction off against another, the French finally managed to make Mauritania a colonial territory. Independence was fairly easily achieved in 1960 because the French wanted to prevent the country from being absorbed by newly independent Morocco.

The flag of Mauritania was introduced by Moktar Ould Daddah and outlined in the constitution of March 1959. The flag was officially adopted on April 1, 1959. The flag of Mauritania is a green field with a crescent moon and a star at the center. The crescent faces upward, making a U, with its ends pointing upward, and the five-pointed star centered above the crescent. The Mauritanian flag uses the traditional pan-African colors, green and gold, which have been used along with red and black to represent many of the nations of Africa.

The green and gold in the Mauritanian Islands' flag are considered Pan-African colors. Green also symbolizes Islam, and the gold also represents the sands of the Sahara desert. The crescent and star are also symbols of Islam, which is the major religion in Mauritania. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Mauritanian Flag for the future.




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