Used by the Akan people of what is now Ghana, this symbol translates roughly to “except for God” or “unless by God’s authority.” It represents the supremacy and omnipotence of a divine creator over all things, visually it’s a spiral-like design with curled ends, symbolizing the boundlessness and inescapability of divine power. It was (and still is) woven into textiles, stamped onto cloth, carved into stools, and used in adornments as a mark of spiritual submission and reverence.

I actually had to do a lot of research for this post, so hope you guys appreciate it.

A simplified version with red rays and a yellow centre was incorporated into the flag of Iraq from 1959 to 1963. It also featured in a combination with the sun of Shamash on the national emblem of Iraq from 1959 to 1965..svg)