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Maazieze:
Ive noticed the ethnic flags of the ijaw and cross river and they appealed to me, why dont we have an ethnic flag?
so i decided to make one, but i want to gain more knowledge on colours and symbols that define most igbos. what do you suggest?
some features ive found appealing are elephant tusk and the nsibidi symbol for ikenga.

and no the biafran flag isnt the ethnic flag of the igbo, its a national flag.

below are the images of ijaw and cross river flag and ikenga nsibidi

Ijaw Republic Flag

Maazieze:
Ive noticed the ethnic flags of the ijaw and cross river and they appealed to me, why dont we have an ethnic flag?
so i decided to make one, but i want to gain more knowledge on colours and symbols that define most igbos. what do you suggest?
some features ive found appealing are elephant tusk and the nsibidi symbol for ikenga.

and no the biafran flag isnt the ethnic flag of the igbo, its a national flag.

below are the images of ijaw and cross river flag and ikenga nsibidi

The second flag is Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Flag and not all Ijaw flag.

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Maazieze:
Ive noticed the ethnic flags of the ijaw and cross river and they appealed to me, why dont we have an ethnic flag?
so i decided to make one, but i want to gain more knowledge on colours and symbols that define most igbos. what do you suggest?
some features ive found appealing are elephant tusk and the nsibidi symbol for ikenga.

and no the biafran flag isnt the ethnic flag of the igbo, its a national flag.

below are the images of ijaw and cross river flag and ikenga nsibidi

Someone had to say it,Thank you for this

I have seen many Igbo putting the Biafran flag as the Igbo ethnic flag,especially those IpObS and when you try to correct them,they say you are not Igbo but Fulani
Most of them are brainwashed beyond repairs

agadez007:
Someone had to say it,Thank you for this

I have seen many Igbo putting the Biafran flag as the Igbo ethnic flag,especially those IpObS and when you try to correct them,they say you are not Igbo but Fulani
Most of them are brainwashed beyond repairs

i believe its because they value their national identity as biafrans over their tribal identity being igbo

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Maazieze:
i believe its because they value their national identity as biafrans over their tribal identity being igbo

it dosent make sense

ive decided to review myself as i go step by step considering a proper flag, can anyone help tell me about culturally significant colors in igbo culture?

Maazieze:
ive decided to review myself as i go step by step considering a proper flag, can anyone help tell me about culturally significant colors in igbo culture?

The above flag is good

ChangedMan1999:
The above flag is good

Thx but i want it to be better, and modular in a way so each subtribe can augment it to represent them, kinda like the pan arab/black/slavic flags, but i dont want to be too unoriginal. ill update when i think ive made progress.

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I love the nsibidi

Maazieze:
Final flag
I think I'm satisfied with how the flag came out.
Link also contains the slides outlining my design process, https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2qX0QB

Northern flag

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Maazieze:
Thats not nsibidi, kinda looks like some indian sanskrit

Modified

I think ill reattempt this project later

Biafra colour combinations is ok.
Nothing like ethnic flag.

Armaggedon:
Biafra colour combinations is ok.
Nothing like ethnic flag.

I'd rather something unique and more and representative of the Igbo nation in particular, im sure you know the biafran flag is pan african in nature and not specific to a particular ethnic group

Maazieze:
I'd rather something unique and more and representative of the Igbo nation in particular, im sure you know the biafran flag is pan african in nature and not specific to a particular ethnic group

You failed to tell me how the Biafran flag fail to represent important Igbo colours except that it's pan African origin disqualifies it. Red, Green, Black and Yellow have always been the dominant Igbo traditional colours. Checkout Okpu agu, Isiagu and some Igbo masquerades. Blue for instance is rarely appealing to Igbo culture.

Moreover, remember Marcus garvey who created the flag was from Jamaica and a lot of them are Igbo by blood.

Armaggedon:
You failed to tell me how the Biafran flag fail to represent important Igbo colours except that it's pan African origin disqualifies it. Red, Green, Black and Yellow have always been the dominant Igbo traditional colours. Checkout Okpu agu, Isiagu and some Igbo masquerades. Blue for instance is rarely appealing to Igbo culture.

Moreover, remember Marcus garvey who created the flag was from Jamaica and a lot of them are Igbo by blood.

I speak of the premise upon which the flag was created, yes the pan african flag has colours important to the igbo culture but it was not made with the idea of representing us in particular. (marcus garvey potentially having igbo blood doesnt change the premise of its creation, would the nigerian flag be a yoruba flaf because its creator is yoruba?)
Another point you make is on the colour blue, differing hues are used, a prominent example is the ukara cloth, though yes it is not as common but it shouldnt be left out.
following principles of vexillology, i wished to make a flag distinctive and unique to us, the biafran flag doesnt do that, it represents the wider eastern peoples(igbos, ijaw, ogoni, Ibibio, efik... etc).
im not interested in taking the biafran flag and just changing the ensign to something igbo related.