Correct answer: Zambia.
Unusually, the emblem sits off to one side rather than the center; green is for the land and the eagle for freedom.
Correct answer: Benin.
Green is hope and the palm groves of the south, yellow the northern savannah, and red the courage of ancestors.
Correct answer: Burkina Faso.
The colors are pan-African; the gold star is the guiding light of the revolution that renamed the country "Land of Upright People."
Correct answer: Malawi.
The rising sun marks the dawn of freedom and hope across Africa; black is the people, red the blood of independence, green the land.
Correct answer: Rwanda.
The earlier red-yellow-green flag was dropped to break with the violence; the rising sun stands for enlightenment and a fresh start.
Correct answer: Niger.
The orange disc is the sun; the bands stand for the Sahara in the north, purity, and the fertile lands by the river.
Correct answer: Burundi.
The three stars stand for the national motto "Unity, Work, Progress" and for the country's three main groups.
Correct answer: Sierra Leone.
Green is agriculture and the mountains, white unity and justice, and blue the natural harbor of Freetown.
Correct answer: South Sudan.
Independent only since 2011, it joins the pan-African black, red and green with a blue triangle and a gold "Star of Bethlehem" for unity.
Correct answer: Ethiopia.
Ethiopia's colors influenced many newly independent African countries because it preserved its sovereignty for most of the colonial era, despite a brief Italian occupation.
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