image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
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According to an article [usa74] in
Flaggenmitteilung 96 (March 1984),
the files of late A. Usachow [1974] show 8 flag
projects worth mentioning. In the end none of the designs was adopted, rather
the flag of the MLSTP instead.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
Horizontal yellow over green (colours of the
liberation movement),
2 red stars in the middle.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
Since the struggle for independence was not satisfactorily represented
by this, a red stripe was added nearby the hoist and the
stars were changed to black.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
The red stripe didn’t express equality, and was
replaced by a red triangle.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
To express the African character better, the colour of the triangle
was changed from red to black, with in the middle of
it a red star for «unity in struggle». The two back stars
were omitted.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
Because the black stars would well enough express
the unity of the two islands a new design was made. This flag was red
with a yellow over green stripe with two black stars.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
But in this way a four-striped was obtained, a type
common to the Indian revolutionaries at the
beginning of the 20th century. So the yellow-green stripe with the black
stars was placed diagonal (from lower hoist to upper fly).
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
This still looked too much like the four-striped
flag, so a design with three stripes diagonal yellow-red-green (with
the stars on the central stripe) was made.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
image by Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997
Two dark colours were however near each other which is
against heraldic rules, so the stripes were placed
green-red-black with narrow yellow fimbriations. The two black stars remained
on the central stripe.
Mark Sensen, 26 May 1997,
quoting from [fml] 96
