Green, red, white and black are the four colors of Islam, so you see those a lot in Northern Africa.” How many countries in the world have red, white, and blue flags?

We learn how each of the countries adopted the current colours, what the direct influence is, when it happened, what the flags previously used were, as well as the possible connections between them.

Designed by: Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey, who called for a Black liberation flag representing all of the African diaspora. Design: Three horizontal stripes of red, black, and green.