The essay deals with a Ugandan production of Brecht's Mother Courage and her Children and the issues raised when it travelled from Uganda to the United States, South Africa and back to Uganda. It explores the shift in perception and conception that happened/happens to both image and national identity when a production moved from one cultural context to another, and the demands that were made on the company in providing a mediating commentary for the production in each context. It also examines the issues--implicit and explicit--that emerged between the Ugandan and the European members of the company as the production moved between cultural contexts and funding agencies--each with their own agenda--changed.