So, I was browing r/polandball today, and I cam across this comic, wherein Nigeria tells Britain all about how he is a country of Christians and Muslims, and Britain gives him a flag with a green star of David.
Anyhow - this got me thinking: why was there a green star of David on Nigeria's 1914-1960 flag? What does it symbolize?
It's an Islamic symbol called the Seal of Solomon, and it was found inscribed on some kind of jug or goblet in the possession of the Emir of Kontagora. The Flags of the World website has a quote from the British Governor Frederick Lugard where explains the origin and says: "I thought it an appropriate badge for Northern Nigeria and as far as I can remember it was my own suggestion. On amalgamation of North and South it was adopted as the emblem of united Nigeria."
There's also an alternate theory on there that it was an Igbo object and not a Hausa one.
