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00:00 - 00:34 Intro
00:34 - 00:55 Colonial Flags
00:55 - 01:40 Uganda flag search
01:40 - 03:07 Ethiopia cool beans
03:07 - 03:46 The rise of Pan Africanism
03:46 - 05:23 Marcus Garvey and the UNIA
05:29 - 06:08 What about Uganda?
06:08 - 08:35 Decolonization and flag politics
08:35 - 11:25 Found it

Who's afraid of red, yellow, and green? Africa is a diverse continent with a lot of similar flags. This is a story that has to do with age old empires and modern black rights activists.

Video: Jochem Boodt
Animations: Haris T

Sources:

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworl...
https://www.joaoleitao.com/flags-africa/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag...
  / why-most-african-flags-use-the-red-yellow-...  
https://www.fotw.info/flags/et.html
https://mg.co.za/africa/2020-06-13-af...

Daniel Muluget - Pan-Africanism and the Affective Charges of the African Union Building in Addis Ababa - https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2021....
Tommie Shelby - Two conceptions of black nationalism. Martin Delany on the Meaning of Black Political Solidarity.
Michael Collins - Nation, state and agency: evolving historiographies of African
decolonization.
Colin Legum - Pan Africanism a short political guide.



Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun!

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