There's a huge star spangled banner draped across the classroom table and the deputy headmaster has laid out a number of Barack Obama biographies.

Some motorcycle taxi drivers proudly fly the star spangled banner in place of the Ugandan flag which normally adorns their wing-mirror.

You've seen it rippling in the breeze. It goes by many names: Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory, or the Red, White, and Blue.