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by Ivan
Sache
Source: Flags of Aspirant Peoples [eba94], as Nothern Nigeria
(Hausas) - Republic, 1966
The flag of the proposed Hausa dominated state of 1966 as shown in Nations Without States [eba94] consists of five horizontal stripes: red,
yellow, BLACK, green, and light brown. Nations
Without States describes the 1966 flag adopted by the Hausas as five
horizontal stripes: red, yellow, INDIGO BLUE, green and khaki biege:
Ned Smith, 3 March 2001
by Ivan
Sache
Source: Nations without States
The Hausas are the dominant ethnic group in the North of Nigeria (40-45% of
the population of the country), with Kano as Capital. In 1966, after an aborted
coup, the federal system was to be abolished. The North reacted violently,
because this abolishment was interpreted as a means to establish domination by
the South (especially the Ibos). This movement, followed by tribal and political
violence, led to the secession of Biafra (East). So this flag might have been
used during one of the several military rebellions which ocurred in the North in
1966.
Source: Encyclopaedia Unversalis [eunXX]
Ivan Sache, 12 September 1999
Hausa is a language group consisting of 10-15 million people primarily in
Northern Nigeria and Niger.
Michael Smuda, 2 March 1999
At this site
a Hausa flag or something-like-a-flag.
Gvido
The flag shown at that URL is a LOB
with the emblem of the Hausas, that was official in a green flag (within a
white circle) and yellow cross fimbriated white from 12-12-1958 to 1963 as a
Northern Region flag, probably later adopted by the Hausa people (or at least
an organization). The emblem is named Northern Knot and was used in the
Nigerian national flag for some months in 1963 (until October) as the North
Nigeria regional flag. After October 1963 only the national Nigerian flag was
in use.
Jaume Ollé, 5 March 1999
From the website of Today, a newspaper published in Abuja,
Nigeria, another example of the 'Hausa symbol':
John Beadle 12 April 2000