Banner o Togo
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Banner ratio: 1:1.618 (or 500:809)The banner o Togo wis adoptit on Aprile 27, 1960. It haes five equal horizontal baunds o green (top an bottom) alternatin wi yellae. Thare is a white five-pointit starn on a reid square in the upper hoist-side corner. It uises the popular pan-African colors o Ethiopie, but the design resembles the banner o Liberie which itsel echoes the banner o the Unitit States.
The banner wis designed bi airtist Paul Ahyi an approximates a golden rectangle closely.[1] Ahyi (1930 – Januar 4, 2010) wis regardit as the greatest African airtists in the contemporary field. Born in Togo, Ahyi graduatit frae the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts[2] in Paris in 1959 an returned tae Togo. He designed the banner o Togo while wirkin on ither contemporary wirks.[3]
Historical banners
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Flag of Togo". FOTW.us. Flags Of The World. Archived frae the original on 7 Juin 2007. Retrieved 9 Juin 2007.
- ↑ "Paul Ahyi of Togo joins roster of UNESCO Artists for Peace". United Nations. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 12 Januar 2010.
- ↑ Décès de Paul Ahyi, le Picasso africain (French) Le Telegramme
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