French West Africa Heritage Flag

The French West Africa heritage flag is for the nations that were once a part of the superstate of Africa that existed from 1895-1958.  The official flag was a French Flag, but in order to distinguish this entity from France this flag enables one to do so.   France was able to weave the French language and Catholic Church deep into the fabric of these nations. It's only fitting that they have a unique flag that honors France and honors Africa.

The first capital was at Saint Louis but was later moved to Dakar in 1902. This super-state connected several modern African nations, and perhaps several more yet to be born in the near future.

Why a heritage flag?  Well the official flag was the flag of France.  Many bad events and many good events occurred due to French "adoption".  In the end it is more so for the respect of French West African heritage, whose identity is now perpetually tied to France. 

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Le drapeau du patrimoine français de l'Afrique de l'Ouest concerne les nations qui faisaient autrefois partie du superstate de l'Afrique qui existait de 1895 à 1958. Le drapeau officiel était un drapeau français, mais pour distinguer cette entité de la France, ce drapeau permet de le faire. La France a pu tisser la langue française et l'Église catholique profondément dans le tissu de ces nations. Il est normal qu'ils aient un drapeau unique qui honore la France et honore l'Afrique.

La première capitale était à Saint Louis mais a ensuite été ému à Dakar en 1902. Ce super-État a relié plusieurs nations africaines modernes, et peut-être plusieurs autres à naître dans un avenir proche.

Pourquoi un drapeau patrimonial? Eh bien, le drapeau officiel était le drapeau de la France. De nombreux mauvais événements et de nombreux bons événements se sont produits en raison de «l'adoption» française. En fin de compte, c'est plus pour le respect du patrimoine de l'Ouest français, dont l'identité est désormais perpétuellement liée à la France.

French Equatorial Africa Heritage Flag

The French Equatorial Heritage Flag combines the flag flags of France with the various colours of Africa.  Although this AEF used the French Flag as its official flag, there is a need for a flag to distinguish the super state of Africa that lasted fro 1910 until 1958.   The seeds of French culture had deep impact on this region of Africa.

Nations that can fly this flag include: Chad, Central African Republic, Western Congo, Gabon, and parts of Cameroon.  The capital of the historical-super state was in Brazzaville.   

Original Flags of Bowser and Mario - 1985

A game so classic and influential, Super Mario Brothers is perhaps one of the most popular games to ever cross our screens.  Although not 100% original, its unique art, sound, and game play positioned it as the ultimate game from the 1980s, that has carried on, and still has a legacy.

But for the world of vexillology, it is interesting the flags play a critical role.  Mario has a red starred flag on white, while his opponent has a green skull on a pennant. In this game Mario raises several flags before rescuing Princess Peach.

 It was long long ago, before Mario met Peach, that Bowser and Mario were good friends. But then an issue arose between them.  It is written that some day they may become united again?

Here is the Union Flag, or Union Jack of a would be Super Mario Bros. Bowser team up.

Original Mario Flag from 1985 - Super Mario Bros.

The original Super Mario flag had a simple design, similar is colour and style to the nation of Japan.  It has a red field with a red star in the center. 

This flag would appear when Mario completed a level with a mini castle. 

Original Bowser Flag from 1985 - Super Mario Bros

The original Bowser Flag from Super Mario Brothers was a white pennant.  It consisted of the colours green and white and had green skull as the imprint.

During game play during, Mario would jump on a flag pole and lower Bowser's pennant, then enter a mini castle and raise the Mario flag.

Super Mario Odyssey Flag - 2017

Super Mario Brothers appears again on Switch system.  A unique flag appears on Mario's odyssey ship.  It has red field with a letter M on a white disc.  It has a jagged fly side.  Also on a pole is a long red mast pennant.

This screen shot was taken from Let's Riff Super Mario Odyssey w/AVGN 2017 - Youtube.  This video is done in the style of the Mystery Science Theater 3000, but with more salty language - Rated R. 

Orange Prize Flags from Double Dare 1986-1993

Double Dare the Nickelodeon game show for kids was an 1980s mega-bomb of super, silly, slimy fun!  It had that ubiquitous 1980s rock, electro-guitar riff.  After the initial playoff round of two teams of questions and dares, the winning team had an opportunity to run an obstacle course of eight challenges.  With each obstacle was an bright orange flag that they had to grab, in order to claim the prize.

The host of Nickelodeon's Double Dare was Marc Summers, a friendly all American brand from Indiana.  In this photo Summers is describing the obstacle course and pointing out where some of the flag are, as kids do, they often forget to grab the flag and listen to directions!

Kids had 60 seconds to get all eight flags.  It happened every so often.  You can blame Double Dare for all the wacky adult physical challenge games that would later absorb the TV airwaves of the early and mid Mighty-20 ohs.