Umukwenu clan has been forbidden from holding her annual festival by the very "forces" that made the festival mandatory. The ban occasions a visit to the 'other world' where those gone by confront emissaries of the land with the severe failures of the clan ... failures which would make them a "non-race" unless they make amends now... Conceived as a journey into mythical time and space, A Matter of Identity is a play that should provoke thought on "who we are" and how to retain that which makes any people unique... different.