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 (15[1])country titled “Telephone (15[1])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 (10[1])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■