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Arms of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea, formely Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea). These are probably not in use any more.

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Arms of Libreville (Gabon). Picture from International Civic Arms. The arms symbolises the location on the Equator and the cooperation between the black and white parts of the city’s population.

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From the book Genealogica & Heraldica Lisboa 1986 Actas do 17o Congresso Internacional das Ciencias Genealogica e Heraldica the full arms of Libreville. with the Sealions symbolising the Harbour. They are holding the green-yellow-blue Gaboneese flag. The Motto (which appears to have been turned mirrorwise) is "Libertas Ex Amicitia Nascitur".

the entire picture has been flipped the chief is also the other way around.

Marcus K;58986 wrote:

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Arms of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea, formely Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea). These are probably not in use any more.

One can only hope so.

Joseph McMillan;59001 wrote:

One can only hope so.

I would love to hope that these arms are replaced by something better. Otherwise the hope is rather vain :(

emrys;58995 wrote:

the entire picture has been flipped the chief is also the other way around.

Yes you ar quite right, strange that they didn’t see it before printing the Congres report.

Michael Y. Medvedev;59009 wrote:

I would love to hope that these arms are replaced by something better. Otherwise the hope is rather vain :(

I would not be suprised if the arms where replaced by something even less aesthetical pleasing.

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N’Djamena (Chad, formerly known as Fort Lamy). The waves denotes the river Chari who runs through the City. The Cross of Lorraine symbolises the Free French Forces under general Leclerc who used Ft. Lamy as a base during World War II.  The Cross and Crescent also symbolises the christian and muslim inhabitants of the City.

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Leopoldville, this was the first civic arms granted in the then Belgian Congo on 15 March 1925. The crowned L symbolises the namegiver king Leopold II, the mullets is from the flag of the Congo Freestate/Belgian Congo. The wave is denotes the Congo river. Following the namechange to Kinshasa the L was exchanged for a K.

Arms of the Capital of the other Congo - Brazzaville: http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/brazzavi.htm the first and fourth quarters are from the arms of the namegiver the explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. The second quarter denotes the French times and the fauna. The third quarter for the agriculture.

As the arms of Luanda har already been shown i continue to Namibia and it’s capital Windhoek:

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The arms of Pretoria (Republic of South Africa) are blasoned as:

Arms:  Gules, on an mimosa tree eradicated proper,                  within an orle of eight bees volant, Or, an inescutcheon Or               and thereon a Roman praetor seated, proper.

Crest: A triple-towered castle Or.

Wreath: Or and Gules.

Supporters: Dexter an eland and sinister a kudu, both                   proper.

Motto: PRAESTANTIA PRAEVALEAT PRETORIA

The capitals of Botswana,Gaborone and of Leshoto Maseru doesn’t seems to have got arms. Swaziland’s capital Mbabane had arms registred by the South African Bureau of Heraldry in 1966, they are blasoned as:

Arms: Gules, a fess Or between in chief three Fir trees                 Argent and in base a Swazi battle-axe Or.

Crest:  Out of a mural crown Argent a demi-lion rampant                 Sable langued Gules.

Mantling: Or and Gules.

Supporters: Two impalas Or armed and unguled Argent                   gorged with a mural crown Argent and pendent therefrom a                 torteau charged with a Swazi battle-axe Or.

Motto: FIDES IN FUTURIS

The blasons are from the National Archives of South Africa site http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/, Database: Data of the Bureau of Heraldry on registered heraldic representations.

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Maputo (Moçambique).

During Portuguese rule until 1975 the name of the city was Lourenço Marques. It had arms in Portuguese style:

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Lusaka (Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia).

Lusaka was founded in 1913 and made capital in 1935. It was granted arms in 1955:

Per fess Vert and Or, on a fess per fess counterchanged, between in chief two Garbs Gold and in base a Cogwheel Sable, A Mural Crown Argent.

And for a Crest: on a wreath of the Colours , in front of a rising sun Or, standing on a Mount Vert, charged with a Fountain proper, an African Fish Eagle Wings elevated and adorsed Proper.

Supporters two African Fish Eagles wings elevated and adorsed Proper gorged with a Mural Crown Argent, pendent therefrom a Roundel, that on the dexter Vert charged with a Garb Or, and that on the sinister charged with a Cogwheel Sable.

The Fish Eagle from the National arms are very much a feature in the Capital’s arms. The Garbs denote the agricultural area surrounding Lusaka and the Cogwheel stands for the industrial activities. The Fountain denotes the underground streams from where the City gets its water. The Sun denotes progress and expansion. Picture and information from the Article "Civic Arms in Northern Rhodesia" by I.W. Menzies published in The Coat of Arms

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Arms of Harare (Zimbabwe, formerly Salisbury). The Motto is PAMBERI NEKUSHANDIRA VAHU = Forward with Service to the People. The Tobacco leaves denote the agriculture; the beams and Zimbabwe bird the birth of a new nation. The Supporters where keept from the arms of Salisbury. On the compartment two Flame Lilies National Flower of Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. Salisbury was renamed Harare in 1982 and the new arms was granted on 21 april 1986.

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Salisbury. The roundels charged with fleurs-de-lis is form the arms of the Cape Province from where many of the orignal settlers came. The grabs denotes the agriculture. The Lion in the crest is from the arms of Cecil John Rhodes denoting that Salisbury was capital of the country then called Rhodesia. The supporters is Sable Antelopes which also supports the National arms of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. The Motto translates as "In discrimnation is safty" and is taken form the arms of the Traill family from which William Fairbridge, an early mayor descended and was choosen to denote the carefull selection of the site where to build the City. The arms was granted by the College of Arms in 1939.

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Kampala (Uganda). The Motto is: Vis Unita Fortior.

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Nairobi (Kenya). The Motto is: Consilio Fide Vigilantia.

Marcus K;59034 wrote:

The arms of Pretoria (Republic of South Africa) ...

The arms and crest were granted by the College of Arms on 7 February 1907 and the supporters on 11 February 1907.  A badge (‘A sprig of mimosa proper enfiled with an annulet Or’) was granted on 8 January 1914.  The arms are no longer in use - the City of Pretoria was incorporated into the Tshwane Metropole in 2000 and no longer has its own municipality.  Tshwane uses a logo.

Marcus K;59034 wrote:

Salisbury.  The Motto translates as "In discrimination is safety" and is taken form the arms of the Traill family from which William Fairbridge, an early mayor descended ...

William Fairbridge was related to Charles Fairbridge, who designed the Cape Colony (later Province) arms alluded to in the Salisbury arms.  Salisbury originally used pseudo-arms which included Rhodes’s arms in the second quarter and the Cape arms in the third (image available at:  http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/zim/salisbur.htm).

Thanks Marcus. Of the recent additions I like the arms of Lusaka (Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia), Harare (Zimbabwe, formerly Salisbury), and Nairobi (Kenya) a lot.

Donnchadh;58869 wrote:

Matter of perspective I guess. I’d say it was a teaching moment if someone didn’t know it rather than a lost opportunity. So be it.

That raises a kind of interesting question: To what extent are the designs of arms supposed to be didactic? Heraldry is a language of sorts, one which is not—moreover—especially canny to outsiders (as is the case with any language). Even heraldry enthusiasts will often require an explanation of the symbolism (if any is actually present, which does not seem to be invariably the case with older arms, especially) of at least some elements of a given coat of arms. I would argue that the arms of Rome are operating on such a banal and transparent level as to be very unheraldic, and to the extent that the pagan symbol dominates the Christian one, fail to properly reflect the city’s heritage in any case. But as you say, so be it.

Arthur Radburn;59071 wrote:

The arms and crest were granted by the College of Arms on 7 February 1907 and the supporters on 11 February 1907.  A badge (‘A sprig of mimosa proper enfiled with an annulet Or’) was granted on 8 January 1914.  The arms are no longer in use - the City of Pretoria was incorporated into the Tshwane Metropole in 2000 and no longer has its own municipality.  Tshwane uses a logo.

And a cluttered one too:

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Quote:

William Fairbridge was related to Charles Fairbridge, who designed the Cape Colony (later Province) arms alluded to in the Salisbury arms.  Salisbury originally used pseudo-arms which included Rhodes’s arms in the second quarter and the Cape arms in the third (image available at:  http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/zim/salisbur.htm).

It should bee noticed that this earlier arms of Salisbury was first used in August 1889. according to information in "Flags and Symbols of Rhodesia 1890-1980" (SAVA Journal5/96) by Richard Allport.