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Tanganyika (1961-1964), Tanzania

by Vincent Morley, 8 Dec 1996

Self-government and independence
May-December 1961 Tanganyika flag?
Merger with Zanzibar

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Self-government and independence (1 May 1961 - circa 30 June 1964)

Tanganyika gained self-government from Britain (technically under a League of Nations Trustee mandate) on 1 May 1961 and became independent on 9 December 1961. The flag of Tanganyika was based on that of the ruling Tanganyika African National Union, which was a horizontal tricolour of green-black-red. The flag was modified in 1964 when Tanganyika merged with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
Stuart Notholt, 29 Jun 1996

In section new flags of Flag Bulletin 1 is described and pictured Tanganika:
9 December 1961 Tanganyika will become free. Details of the new national flag were released by its information service on 8 July 1961. The design consist of three horizontal stripes alternately of bright green, black and bright green, all of equal widht and length. This combination has been used for a long time by the countrys chief political party, the TANU, whose leader Julius Nyerere is the new prime minister. Added to the party flag are two smaller stripe of gold (i.e. yellow) probably in order to make the flag conform the heralidc rule, whereby color must not touch color. Each of these stripes is to be 1/16 of the flag widht. Green represents land, black peoples, and gold the mineral ressources. Offici