Flag of Malawi

Flag origins

Malawi's flag has black, red and green horizontal bands with a red rising sun on the black band. Based on the independence flag of 6 July 1964, black represents African people, red the struggle and sacrifice for freedom, and green natural wealth. The sun expresses a dawn of African freedom and hope; its thirty-one rays are traditionally linked with Malawi's place among African countries achieving independence.

Flag story

For just two years, the rising sun became a complete sun. In 2010 the bands changed to red, black and green and a full white sun was placed centrally, intended to express progress since independence. Parliament restored the original rising-sun design in 2012. The sequence is therefore 1964 rising sun, 2010 full sun, 2012 rising sun again.

Editorial notes and references

Edited by ABELHA WORKS. The English text translates the administrator-edited Japanese description. Legends should be distinguished from documented history. General reference links do not substantiate every statement in the text.

• Malawi — general information on Wikipedia
• Japan MOFA: countries and regions (Japanese)

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