Flag and
    National Anthem
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The colours of the flag of the Republic of Senegal were chosen in 1960. They are the actual Panafrican colours set like the three-coloured French pattern, with three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star of liberty and progress centered in the yellow band.
History of the flag
    On 4 April, 1959, French Sudan and Senegal formed the Mali
    Federation. The federation became independent on 20 June, 1960, and
    Senegal seceded from it on 22 August 1960, at which point it
    replaced the federation flag with similar tricolour with a green
    star, instead of the kanaga (black human-like image) in the
    Federation flag.
The Senegalese Coat of Arms was adopted December 1965.
             
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| Mali Federation Flag - the predessor of the Senegalese Flag | The Senegal Flag | 
            Senegal's Coat of Arms Click for greater details  | 
      
President's flags
    The first two presidents of Senegal had their own flags with
    initials of the president in black added around the star. The
    current President, Abdoulaye Wade has decided NOT to put his
    initials on the flag.
The Presidents of Senegal have been:
    
             
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| Flag of President Senghor | Flag of President Diouf | 
| The National Anthem of Senegal should be playing. | 
            
		 
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Adopted in 1960. Words by LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR (1906-), former President of the Republic of Senegal. Music by Herbert Peppert.
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           Premier Couplet REFRAIN 
            Fibres de mon cœur vert. 
          Épaule contre épaule, mes plus que frères, O Sénégalais, debout ! Unissons la mer et les sources, unissons la steppe et la forêt! Salut Afrique mère, salut Afrique mère. Deuxième Couplet REFRAIN Troisième Couplet REFRAIN Quatrième Couplet REFRAIN Cinquième Couplet REFRAIN  | 
        
           First Verse CHORUS 
            Fibres of my green heart. 
          Shoulder to shoulder, O people of Sénégal, more than brothers to me, arise! Unite the sea and the springs, Unite the steppe and the forest! Hail, mother Africa, Hail, mother Africa! Second Verse CHORUS Third Verse CHORUS Fourth Verse CHORUS Fifth Verse CHORUS  | 
      
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