* YOU BEEN SNAP * YALIYOENGEZWA NA KUBADILISHWA KWA TANGANYIKA FLAG TO TANZANIA FLAG,KAMA UNAVYOIONA IKISIMAMA NA KUPEPERUKA LEO" GOD BLESS TANZANIA NA VITU VYAKE VYOTE AMEN, RUWA MANGI"

Self-government and independence (01 May 1961 - circa 30 June 1964 )

Tanganyika gained self-government from Britain (technically under a League of Nations Trustee mandate) on 01 May 1961 and became independent on 09 December 1961. The flag of Tanganyika was based on that of the ruling Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), which was a horizontal tricolour of green-black-red. The flag was modified in 1964 when Tanganyika merged with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
Stuart Notholt, 29 Jun 1996
In section of new flags in the Flag Bulletin 01 is the new flag of Tanganyika:
09 December 1961 Tanganyika will become independent. Details of the new national flag were released by its information service on 08 July 1961. The design consist of three horizontal stripes of alternate bright green, black and bright green, all of equal width and length. This combination has been used for a long time by the country's chief political party TANU whose leader Julius Nyerere became the new prime minister. Added to the party flag are two smaller stripe of gold (i.e. yellow) probably in order to make the flag conform to heraldic rules, whereby a colour must not touch colour. Each of these stripes is to be 1/16 of the flag width. Green represents land, black is for the people, and gold represents the country's mineral resources. Official sizes are 6' x 4' and 8' x 12'. The new design replaces the Tanganyika ensign with the badge showing the giraffe head.
Jaume Ollé, 17 Apr 2001

*MKILETEWA HAPA NA FLORA LYIMO DESIGNER*