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South Sudan proposed Arms.
Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 11:27
by Marcus Karlsson
Found this proposal for the Republic of South Sudan on Wikimedia commons. In the end another design was adopted.
Below the design that was eventualy adopted at independence:
Re: South Sudan proposed Arms.
Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 13:42
by Martin Goldstraw
IMHO The rejected design is more ... well ... heraldic whereas the adopted design reminds me of one of those pseudo heraldic war gamer site logos designed by a 21 year old who still thinks like a 13 year old boy.
Re: South Sudan proposed Arms.
Posted: 15 Feb 2015, 19:56
by Mike_Oettle
To me the choice represents the triumph of Arab-style armorial-type symbolism (not armorial per se) over something more African. The first design has a good deal in common with the arms of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
This is ironic, considering that the existence of South Sudan is in essence a rejection of Arab/Muslim control.