Quoting Melville, an author from this country asks “How does one say NO in thunder” in a poem that, along with a later author’s tribute, has the title “Lament of the Silent Sisters.” The speaker of a poem from this country calls himself “watcher for the watchword” amid “Dark waters of the beginning.” A landlady speaks in all caps in a poem from this country titled “Telephone Conversation.” A poet from this country included (*) “Heavensgate” in his collection Labyrinths with Path of Thunder. In a play from this country, the arrival of a foreign photographer prompts village girls to perform “The Dance of the Lost Traveller” as Baroka and Lakunle compete to marry Sidi. For 10 points, name this home country of poet Christopher Okigbo and the author of The Lion and the Jewel, Wole Soyinka. ■END■
ANSWER: Nigeria [accept the Federal Republic of Nigeria; accept Biafra] (A Kofi Awoonor tribute to Okigbo is also titled “Lament of the Silent Sisters.”)
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