One poet from this country included the lines "They thought you would stop pursuing the white elephant /
One poet from this country included the lines "They thought you would stop pursuing the white elephant / But you pursued the white elephant without turning back" in a poem commemorating Yeats' centennial. That author from this country wrote: "Earth, unbind me; let me be the prodigal" in a poem that repeatedly mentions "The Robbers" and "The Eagles." In addition to the poem "The Lament of the Masks," a play from this country includes a scene in which the arrival of a photographer at a village is reenacted in the "Dance of the Lost Traveller." "Elegy for Alto" is from this country of origin of an author who described the rivalry between Lakunle and Baroka for the love of Sidi in the play The Lion and the Jewel. For 10 points, name this home country of Christopher Okigbo and Wole Soyinka
One poet from this country included the lines "They thought you would stop pursuing the white elephant /
Federal Republic of Nigeria