Seven horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow and green, with a white triangle at the hoist containing the Great Zimbabwe Bird on a red star. Pan-African colours plus black for the African people and white for peace. The Zimbabwe Bird is a soapstone sculpture excavated at Great Zimbabwe, representing cultural continuity. Adopted on April 18, 1980 — independence day, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. Practise the Zimbabwe flag in the Flagzio Africa flag quiz across all eight game modes.