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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 (15[1])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 (15[1])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 (10[1])points, name this home country of poet Christopher Okigbo and the author of The Lion and the (10[1])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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