Flags of Africa Quiz

Start with the Pan-African trio. Red, gold and green, borrowed from Ethiopia, the one African state never formally colonised, run through Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso and more. The trick is the order and the extras: Guinea is red–yellow–green, Mali is the mirror image green–yellow–red, and Senegal is Mali with a green star in the middle. Cameroon puts a yellow star on its centre band; Ghana adds a black one.

Then learn the ones nobody confuses. Kenya carries a Maasai shield and spears, Mozambique an AK-47 crossed with a hoe, Eswatini a black-and-white shield, Uganda a grey crowned crane, Zambia an eagle and Lesotho a straw hat. South Africa is the only Y-shaped flag in the world. Seychelles has five rays fanning from one corner.

The Mediterranean coast follows a different logic. Tunisia is Turkey with a white disc; Morocco is a green pentagram on red; Algeria splits green and white behind a red crescent. Egypt, Sudan and Libya use the Arab red-white-black family: Egypt with Saladin's golden eagle, Sudan with a green triangle at the hoist, Libya with a crescent and star on a wide black band.