Burkina Faso

About the flag

Burkina Faso is correct. The flag was adopted in 1984 during Thomas Sankara’s revolution, and its Pan‑African colors symbolize unity: red for the struggle for liberation, green for the country’s fertile land, and the yellow star as the guiding light of revolutionary change. Context: The nation was called Upper Volta until 1984, when it was renamed Burkina Faso—“Land of Upright People” (from Mooré and Dioula). Memory tip: think “Burkina” (upright people) guided by a bright star toward a new path—linking the star and Pan‑African colors to Sankara’s transformative era and to Burkina Faso.