The design features 54 stars representative of the 54 countries of Africa, whilst the colour green reflects its land, black its people and red is a reminder of the struggles the continent has endured. The field of yellow gold presents a new day and prosperity. Achiampong has configured these Pan African colours and symbols into a form suggestive of a human figure in flight; an Afrofuturistic icon moving towards unity and equilibrium.
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